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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

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You can hire a talented head of marketing, business development, technology and sales. You need to for conferences, business development and often for sales. Zorik Gordon is tearing it up at ReachLocal. Douglas Merrill, the former CIO of Google, is building his next company in LA. So it’s always a trade-off.

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

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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. Zorik Gordon built & IPO’s ReachLocal. Hit some bumps in the road?