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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

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Los Angeles. I believe you can attract people to relocate to Los Angeles but it’s likely that they’ll come from locations other than Northern California. TechCoast Angels backed GreenDot should be a major IPO this year. Douglas Merrill, the former CIO of Google, is building his next company in LA.

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

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Los Angeles. There is no region in the country that comes close to having the sheer number of angels & VCs that Silicon Valley has as well as the dollars that flow into the region (40% of all dollars, PwC Moneytree report ). There are no $600 million funds in Los Angeles. Let me use LA as an example.