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11 Feb 2006

Being in Sacramento, I often find myself a little away from the center of the blogging and startup universes. I travel to bay area parties and dinners just to network. So imagine my surprise when I was reading a post on Scott Johnson’s blog and saw it was about another Sacramento entrepreneur. I quickly grabbed Scott Hildebrand’s contact info from the other Scott (Johnson) and got in touch. It turns out he’s building a music startup very quietly.

Hildebrand and I live about 15 minutes apart, but it took a mutual friend from thousands of miles away to connect us.

Like Johnson, Hildebrand is pretty secretive about what he’s building, but he gave some of it away in a guest post on a Sacramento Business blog. That blog’s another resource I didn’t realize was in my own back yard until Hildebrand introduced me to it.

Pierre Cutler
February 12, 2006 4:36 PM

Adam, The world works in ways that frequently boggle me. Gillian and I would like to learn more about you. We are always looking for local entreprenuers with good ideas and lots of passion. We are members of an angel investment group called the Sacramento Angels. Scott H. presented his company to our group last week. Pierre Cutler Sacramento Executive

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