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

Both Sides of the Table

I meet with Bay Area entrepreneurs all the time and am actively looking to make investments there. 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. Zorik Gordon built & IPO’s ReachLocal.