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

Both Sides of the Table

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. It’s hard to get people to take a risk at a startup or for a reasonable salary with all this competition. It’s fucking hard hiring right now.&#.