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Google's New Role: Venture Capitalist

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Mike Apr 7, 2008 10:08 PM GMT $4.5 B is a lot of $ to park in a money market fund. VC in tech makes infinitely more sense than dividending that cash back to shareholders (where would they put it right now?) or some let's-hope-we-beat-inflation capital preservation strategy. And who knows the tech space better than Google? This was a no-brainer.
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somebody Sep 13, 2007 1:27 AM GMT @starla:You definitely didn't go to Harvard - that's for sure. Maybe not even high school? I can't make any sense from what you wrote and what it has to do with this story!?As for the story - nothing new. Let the VCs cry as much as they'd like - it's a free market, right? God forbid there's any competition.@Andy: most valuable comment. I too wonder how they would deal with conflict of interest and competitive products, etc.
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Ming Sep 8, 2007 10:58 PM GMT Very interesting. Please tell us how to submit proposal and contact with Google VC.Thanks for the help.
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starla Sep 5, 2007 5:33 PM GMT Too bad the once-trusted handshake - if violated would look to Smith and Weston as a reminder of the kind of bisness this country once stood for- instead we rely on those whose 6 years at Harvard to learn termanaloges that the Constitution of the United States stated would be written in laymans terms. I would call it the truth and good busness that would or should be relected in how all busness is conducted in the USA.
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mohinderk Sep 5, 2007 5:58 AM GMT Interesting. In any case, the winner in this scenario are clearly the entrepreneurs as now they have multiple option to get much needed funding for their ventures. Since Google, Yahoo and MSN are public companies, I would not be that worried about the conflicts in such deals.Mohinder
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Rob Sep 5, 2007 1:52 AM GMT ... one could choose not to take Google's money if you're looking to be a direct competitor. This isn't the first time a company in existing markets has gotten into the VC thing (Intel, Microsoft, maybe IBM, etc). I imagine you can look at those companies' portfolios and see how many real conflict-of-interst cases pop up, and how companies cope with that.
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End-Around Sep 5, 2007 1:05 AM GMT VC's and corporate guys both have painfully shortcomings. Founders should just get money from the mega-funds that invest in the start-ups potential customers.
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J Alabi Sep 4, 2007 9:06 PM GMT Well, boo-frickin'-hoo for VCs. Where is it written that they and they alone should be able to get in on the ground floor with burgeoning startups?
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