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Bolstering the Partner Ranks at GRP

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He was also the first one to challenge my conventional wisdom that it made no sense for tech companies to advertise on television. The feedback was always universal, “that was the most helpful marketing meeting I’ve every had.” Natural mentors – a desire to help. ” I always felt the same.

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

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We have world-class universities like Caltech, UCLA, USC and more. 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 is the second largest city in the country with (18 million inhabitants) (vs. million in SF Bay Area ).