Google's newest venture(googleblog.blogspot.com)

22 pointsby gaikavor 17 Jahren4 comments

googleblog.blogspot.com

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/googles-newest-venture.html

2 comments

rjurneyvor 17 Jahren

Given the history of Google acquisitions killing products... is it silly if I'd be a little hesitant to chase their money? Doing business with Google seems iffy.

aristusvor 17 Jahren

Paul scared VCs by pointing out that they were competing directly with Google. Looks like Google's competing with him too.

wheelsvor 17 Jahren

Y-Combinator isn't competing with VCs, if anything, I'm sure it's glad to have new reputable ones emerging. They're much closer to "competing" with angels, yet they're out there trying to drum up more of them. YC invests about $15k. VCs normally won't mess with less than $1mm. Conceptually, YC seems more like a ready-made, actively involved, advisory board than a first investor, to my eyes, anyway.

immadvor 17 Jahren

Google Ventures would never make a YC like investment. With YC the money is secondary to the rest.