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MARCH 17, 2010

But LA is not Silicon Valley and we don’t need to aspire to be so. We will never be Silicon Valley in the way that Toronto will never be Hollywood. So if you’re out to create content businesses there is no better time and no better place than here. But we have a great city for building technology companies.

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Company Companies Technology Startup 290

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APRIL 17, 2012

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]. I thought about some Southern California angle, because this is where > 50% of my investments are. And for me.

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Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

My daily coffee meetings are not surrounded by the Hollywood elite with discussions of scripts, scenes and casting. My fund – at $200 million – is the largest in Southern California. In San Diego you have Qualcomm so an entire mobile industry has been spawned. And of course you have Hollywood.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313