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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

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Never say never – GRP Partners is actually looking very closely at a company in its A round that is raising a large sum of money. my firm, GRP Partners, was an investor). You can hire a talented head of marketing, business development, technology and sales. I’m sure others have, too.

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

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Let me use LA as an example. Look beyond California and you have group purchasing (GroupOn in Chicago, LivingSocial in Washington DC), private sales (Gilt Groupe in NY, HauteLook in LA), artisan marketplaces (Etsy in NY), eCommerce (Amazon in Seattle) and on and on. So can you really build a great tech firm outside of Silicon Valley?