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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. ZestCash, founded by Douglas Merrill, former CIO of Google [Hollywood]. Idealab, led by Bill Gross, who founded Overture, CitySearch and MANY other business [Pasadena]. I know that I call them often to co-invest.

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

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LA generally doesn’t have an appetite for this kind of investment at early stages. We were also an investor in the early local listing company, CitySearch – an LA company. But ultimately we’re on the Internet to communicate, buy stuff, become informed and be entertained. LA investors are more pragmatic.

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