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The Real Reason Excite Turned Down Buying Google For …
Nov 17, 2014 · So, according to Bell, Excite passed on purchasing the technology that would eventually become Google because Larry Page insisted on a sort of Trojan-horse takeover of the company’s root engineering and technology.
See results only from internethistorypodcast.comExcite CEO George Bell
George talks about the development of search technology, the madness of the dotcom bubble and even explains the background to one of the more …
Why Excite Passed On Buying Google For Just …
Speaking on the Internet History Podcast, former Excite CEO George Bell revealed why he decided against the deal. The company had the chance to buy a $750,000 stake in Google, but bargaining proved very difficult. Mr Bell said …
When Google Wanted To Sell To Excite For Under $1 Million
Sep 29, 2010 · On stage today at our TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco, Vinod Khosla, the founder of Khosla Ventures, recalled a story from the days when he backed Excite, …
Excite Had a Chance to Buy Google for $750K, But …
Mar 26, 2013 · In March 2004, Excite was acquired by the Ask Jeeves (now Ask.com) network. While Excite enjoyed its success in the 90s, a (then) less known brand made its way onto the tech scene. Founded by Larry Page and …
How Excite Refused To Buy Google For $1,000,000 - Financhill
- Imagine having a remarkable product but not knowing how to make money from it. That’s the situation Larry and Sergey found themselves facing in 1999. Yes, they had more than $1 million in funding. A million dollars sounds like a lot of money to most people. It doesn’t take a technology company very far, though.When you consider the cost of leasing ...
The crazy story of how Larry Page failed to sell Google $358
Apr 25, 2014 · In 1997, Larry Page asked Excite to pay $1.6 million for Google – the search engine was called BackRub back then – but he was unable to convince the Excite team to …
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Dotcom Bubble CEO: Why I passed on buying Google …
Mar 2, 2015 · In 1999, Larry Page and Sergey Brin were looking to sell Google to search engine Excite for about $750,000. But Excite's CEO George Bell passed on the offer. "It's very easy to look back and...
When Google Was Almost Sold For $1 …
Sep 13, 2023 · But did you know that a little-known American company had rejected to buy Google for just under $1 million in the year 1999? What happened was, in 1999, Larry Page and …
Why Excite Rejected Google for $750K
Nov 28, 2023 · Why Did Excite Miss the Google Opportunity? You might wonder why Excite, a once-prominent player in the web space, turned down the chance to acquire Google for $750,000. The tech landscape of the late ’90s was vastly …
George Bell Passing on Buying Google for $750,000
Feb 15, 2024 · One such moment occurred in the late 1990s when George Bell, the CEO of Excite, had the opportunity to acquire Google for a mere $750,000. This article delves into the …
Excite passed up buying Google for $750,000 in 1999 | Fortune
Sep 29, 2010 · The story goes: In 1999, Vinod Khosla, the founder of Khosla Ventures (and eventual partner at Kleiner Perkins) got Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin to agree …
Google’s founders tried selling to Excite for under $1 ... - Medium
Feb 16, 2017 · Google’s founders tried selling to Excite for under $1 Million in 1999 — Excite turned them down. This story has been circulated for a while, but not many people know about …
Former Excite.com CEO Explains Why He 'Passed On' Acquiring …
Mar 2, 2015 · In 1999, Google Inc GOOGL founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page wanted to sell the company for less than $1 million as it was taking too much of their ‘study time'. However, …
One of the Most Famous Deals That Never Happened
May 22, 2021 · In 1999, Google’s founders were willing to sell to Excite.com, the number two search engine at the time behind Yahoo!, for under $1 million, but Excite turned them down.
Google On Sale For A Million Dollars | by JW - Medium
Oct 26, 2021 · In 1999, Larry Page and Sergey Brin approached a competing search engine “Excite” to sell Google. They really just wanted to get back to their Stanford PhD’s. The price …
Excite Search Engine – The Good, The Bad and The Missed …
Sep 27, 2023 · Perhaps the largest blow came in the form of a missed opportunity: in 1999, Excite had the chance to buy a then-little-known upcoming search engine called Google, but passed …
A Spooky Halloween Decision to NOT Buy Google for $750K in …
Oct 17, 2017 · Excite had the opportunity to purchase a little start up called “Google” in 1999 for $750,000 and about 1% of Excite. Turns out the founder of Google, Larry Paige, wanted to sell …
That Time When Excite Almost Bought Google For $1 Million
Mar 3, 2015 · Excite nearly had a deal to buy Google for $750k, but the Excite CEO nixed the deal in the final stages. Why'd he do that? What happened next? Read to find out.
Chapter 4, Supplemental 7 – Excite CEO George Bell
Nov 17, 2014 · George talks about the development of search technology, the madness of the dotcom bubble and even explains the background to one of the more notorious what-ifs in …
A company called Excite refused to buy Google for just $1 mi
In 1999, Google's founders were willing to sell to Excite (a website similar to Yahoo) for just $1 million but Excite CEO George Bell rejected the offer. Larry Page and Sergey Brin then came …
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2 days ago · Review, Pricing, and Specs. HIGHS: Lots of features for the money, spacious rear seat and cargo area, pleasant driving experience. LOWS: Could use a more powerful engine, …
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