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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]. So his Twitter handle is @infoarbitrage and his excellent (must read) blog is Information Arbitrage. And for me.

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

Both Sides of the Table

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. And of course you have Hollywood. That sets us up nicely for the next phase of the web. Let me use LA as an example.