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

Both Sides of the Table

In San Diego you have Qualcomm so an entire mobile industry has been spawned. In Los Angeles you have large industries in garment industry, defense, games (both physical like Mattel and virtual like Activision) and music. Douglas Merrill, the former CIO of Google, is building his next company, ZestCash in LA.