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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

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ZestCash, founded by Douglas Merrill, former CIO of Google [Hollywood]. ReachLocal, founded by Zorik Gordon, publicly traded company helping small businesses across America use the Internet for marketing [Woodland Hills. Here’s a short list that are decidedly East of the 405 freeway (i.e.

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

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That sets us up nicely for the next phase of the web. Zorik Gordon built & IPO’s ReachLocal. Douglas Merrill, the former CIO of Google, is building his next company, ZestCash in LA. Each of these companies exited for more than $500 million and several north of $1 billion. And of course you have Hollywood.