Wednesday, August 11, 2004

Google history February 17, 1999 The IPO Report

Google.com: Next Brainchild To Go Big?
by
Tom Taulli
February 17, 1999
: "By being at Stanford, Google.com has a tremendous advantage. The two other search engines -- Yahoo and Excite -- came from this fertile university. Late last year, the company talked to various angels for investment capital. 'They all said yes,' according to Page. One notable investor is Andy Bechtolsheim, the co-founder of Palo Alto, Calif.-based Sun.
The company is expected to get a venture-capital round in a few months. Who knows -- perhaps Google.com will be the next Stanford start-up to get its Nasdaq ticker symbol and multibillion-dollar market cap"

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