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

Both Sides of the Table

We have world-class universities like Caltech, UCLA, USC and more. It’s hard to get people to take a risk at a startup or for a reasonable salary with all this competition. Douglas Merrill, the former CIO of Google, is building his next company, ZestCash in LA. million in SF Bay Area ). Brett Brewer has AdKnowledge.