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

Both Sides of the Table

It’s hard to get people to take a risk at a startup or for a reasonable salary with all this competition. In San Diego you have Qualcomm so an entire mobile industry has been spawned. Douglas Merrill, the former CIO of Google, is building his next company, ZestCash in LA. It’s fucking hard hiring right now.&#.