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Bolstering the Partner Ranks at GRP

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He was also the first one to challenge my conventional wisdom that it made no sense for tech companies to advertise on television. In 2011 the company was sold to Nordstrom for $270 million in a deal that has been widely seen as a success for both buyer and seller. He walked me through both the logic and the math.

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Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map

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Miller was even honored as an Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” for 2011. In 2011, Business Insider ranked Legal Zoom No. Picasa, CitySearch and ESolar have all gone through Bill Gross and without his steady hands, the companies, and Los Angeles, wouldn’t be the same. Thanks to our advertisers.

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

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Many of the Valley tech firms saw advertising as “beneath them&# and many VCs in the first boom encouraged people to focus on eyeballs rather than dollars. But one common theme I’m hearing from there in 2011 is that it’s impossible to recruit. Recruiting & retention will be different outside the Valley.