Lost Google Interview Resurfaces
An audio interview with Google founders Brin & Page circa 2000.
“Although Brin and Page were obviously taking a crash course in Entrepreneur 101, it was clear that they were very smart, and I figured that, with the guidance of seasoned investors like Doerr and Moritz, Google had a bright future. So I wrote a positive article and submitted it.
Not so fast. My editor threw the article back at me and said, “This needs to be completely rewritten with a more skeptical eye. I personally know these guys and they don’t know what their doing. They have no business model.”
The repackaged Podcast can be found here.
December 11th, 2006 at 7:42 am
If only a few more of us were equally prescient. 2000 I was running a business nominally valued at $150 million. 2 months later it was worth zilch. Meanwhile….
December 11th, 2006 at 4:26 pm
Hindsight is so easy, eh