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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

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It’s not uncommon for incredibly smart and talented Phd’s or CS majors from Stanford to raise $10 million on an early-stage “platform&# that if it succeeds it will be huge. So if you’re out to create content businesses there is no better time and no better place than here. LA investors are more pragmatic.

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

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My fund – at $200 million – is the largest in Southern California. Look beyond California and you have group purchasing (GroupOn in Chicago, LivingSocial in Washington DC), private sales (Gilt Groupe in NY, HauteLook in LA), artisan marketplaces (Etsy in NY), eCommerce (Amazon in Seattle) and on and on.