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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

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World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. ZestCash, founded by Douglas Merrill, former CIO of Google [Hollywood]. The birthplace of sponsored search (Overture), semantic search (Applied Semantics which became Google AdSense), comparison shopping (ShopZilla, PriceGrabber) and many others. downtown LA].

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

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We have universities like CalTech, UCLA, USC and many more. Douglas Merrill, the former CIO of Google, is building his next company in LA. ’ &# His message was that in 2010 great business can be built anywhere if there is a great team and the will to make it work. Zorik Gordon is tearing it up at ReachLocal.

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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. Douglas Merrill, the former CIO of Google, is building his next company, ZestCash in LA. It is the second largest city in the country with (18 million inhabitants) (vs. million in SF Bay Area ). Funding is different outside of Silicon Valley.