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

Both Sides of the Table

My fund – at $200 million – is the largest in Southern California. The LA / Southern California market has many people who are now on their second and third companies. Douglas Merrill, the former CIO of Google, is building his next company, ZestCash in LA. There are no $600 million funds in Los Angeles.