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

Both Sides of the Table

I’ve heard it many founders of VC backed companies in LA who tell me that in their NorCal VC meetings they are told, “we might be interested but we’d want you to relocate to the Bay Area if we funded you.&#. My daily coffee meetings are not surrounded by the Hollywood elite with discussions of scripts, scenes and casting.

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

Both Sides of the Table

ZestCash, founded by Douglas Merrill, former CIO of Google [Hollywood]. Deviant Art, led by Angelo Sotira, which is one of the largest online communities on the Internet [Hollywood]. But if you were going to start a venture capital fund today, you’d want to stand out. But consider the following: 1.

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