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

Both Sides of the Table

If you hit a groove on funding and customer growth it does become a challenge to ramp quickly. Douglas Merrill, the former CIO of Google, is building his next company, ZestCash in LA. Scott Painter , founder of CarsDirect has created TrueCar (backed by GRP Partners). Hit some bumps in the road? Brett Brewer has AdKnowledge.