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

Both Sides of the Table

Many of the Valley tech firms saw advertising as “beneath them&# and many VCs in the first boom encouraged people to focus on eyeballs rather than dollars. Great companies like BeachMint that are growing at a rapid clip have to dig deep into their networks to meet hiring needs. Hautelook, Gogii, Magento.

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Interview with Matthew Graczyk, Zubican

socalTECH

It's a full-blown, B2B social network. I went into my network--and I have pretty extensive experience in the internet space, with Digital Evolution and with U.S. He's now at Gogii, which has received investment from Kleiner. So, the core revenue model is online advertising. B2B advertising is really an interesting story.

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Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map

SoCal Delicious

In total, Demand Media owns 20 media networks in the US alone and is one of the best reasons why Paul Graham believes Hollywood is dead. For the Scott Lahman fans, the inclusion of Sky Dayton cover JAMDAT which is a lot of the Gogii team. Your former Activision early hire Scott Lahman is not on this list as CEO of Gogii/TextPlus.