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

Both Sides of the Table

If you hit a groove on funding and customer growth it does become a challenge to ramp quickly. Douglas Merrill, the former CIO of Google, is building his next company, ZestCash in LA. Hautelook, Gogii, Magento. Each of these companies exited for more than $500 million and several north of $1 billion. Hit some bumps in the road?