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

Both Sides of the Table

Los Angeles. There are no $600 million funds in Los Angeles. 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. Zorik Gordon built & IPO’s ReachLocal. Let me use LA as an example.