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

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It’s hard to get people to take a risk at a startup or for a reasonable salary with all this competition. Scott Painter , founder of CarsDirect has created TrueCar (backed by GRP Partners). I talked to one startup CEO who told me, “you have young engineers who want to make $200,000 or more to work for me.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

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He knows the history of all of the payment gateways, mobile payment platforms, credit offerings, remittance companies, etc. Our biggest returns were outside Silicon Valley: Overture (LA), CitySearch (LA), BillMeLater (Baltimore), Ulta (Chicago), Envestnet (Chicago), HDI (Las Vegas), PF Changs (Arizona), TrueCar (LA).

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