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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

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We were also an investor in the early local listing company, CitySearch – an LA company. But we do have great technology developers. You can hire a talented head of marketing, business development, technology and sales. You need to for conferences, business development and often for sales. You don’t.

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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

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Every developer, biz dev person, marketeer or sales rep on your team will be surrounded by scores of companies calling them like Sirens to switch teams. But we do have great technology developers. Douglas Merrill, the former CIO of Google, is building his next company, ZestCash in LA. Now let’s think about retention.