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Ryan Blair, HashtagOne: From Gang Member, To Entrepreneur, To Anti-VC

socalTECH

We've made some investments here and there, and are now building a team, and making a lot of investments in SoCal tech companies. I had a sales force when I was at SkyPipeline, selling telecom, networking, and broadband wireless products. My CIO had been ex-CIO at Herbalife, and was an EVP of Software for Disney.

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

Both Sides of the Table

You can hire a talented head of marketing, business development, technology and sales. You need to for conferences, business development and often for sales. Douglas Merrill, the former CIO of Google, is building his next company in LA. So it’s always a trade-off. Zorik Gordon is tearing it up at ReachLocal.

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