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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

Both Sides of the Table

A market leader in content, music, entertainment, textiles, engineering, aerospace and trade. not near the beach): Factual, founded by Gil Elbaz who built AdSense [Century City]. ZestCash, founded by Douglas Merrill, former CIO of Google [Hollywood]. I know that I call them often to co-invest.

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

Both Sides of the Table

LA generally doesn’t have an appetite for this kind of investment at early stages. My commute, for example, from Santa Monica to Century City is less than 15 minutes each way and I never have to take the freeway. But ultimately we’re on the Internet to communicate, buy stuff, become informed and be entertained.

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