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Gil Elbaz On Factual's New Warchest

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That very big vision is an open database platform, providing data as a service across different verticals. In order to execute in other verticals, we want to bring in a lot more talent, hiring more engineering talent to bolster our core platform, which does a lot. They're most interested in the place database we're offering.

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

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It’s not uncommon for incredibly smart and talented Phd’s or CS majors from Stanford to raise $10 million on an early-stage “platform&# that if it succeeds it will be huge. My commute, for example, from Santa Monica to Century City is less than 15 minutes each way and I never have to take the freeway.

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