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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

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not near the beach): Factual, founded by Gil Elbaz who built AdSense [Century City]. ZestCash, founded by Douglas Merrill, former CIO of Google [Hollywood]. But if you were going to start a venture capital fund today, you’d want to stand out. Here’s a short list that are decidedly East of the 405 freeway (i.e.

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

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This is especially true in LA, the second largest city in the country with a population if 16 million. We have many seasoned entrepreneurs who have built successful companies here and made a lot of money for investors and themselves. Funding is different – In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds and many of them.

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