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

Both Sides of the Table

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. Each of these companies exited for more than $500 million and several north of $1 billion.