Google, November 2005: Youtube is worth $10-15m
February 2006: Maybe $50m?
A week later: “we floated $200m and they didn’t bother to meet - they want $500m”. Eric Schmidt: “we won’t be pursuing”
May 2006: “Youtube kicked our butts”
October 2006: Google bought it for... $1.65bn.
Google, November 2005: Youtube is worth $10-15mFebruary 2006: Maybe $50m?A week later: “we floated $200m and they didn’t bother to meet - they want $500m”. Eric Schmidt: “we won’t be pursuing”May 2006: “Youtube kicked our butts”October 2006: Google bought it for... $1.65bn.
Google, November 2005: Youtube is worth $10-15mFebruary 2006: Maybe $50m?A week later: “we floated $200m and they didn’t bother to meet - they want $500m”. Eric Schmidt: “we won’t be pursuing”May 2006: “Youtube kicked our butts”October 2006: Google bought it for... $1.65bn.
Google, November 2005: Youtube is worth $10-15mFebruary 2006: Maybe $50m?A week later: “we floated $200m and they didn’t bother to meet - they want $500m”. Eric Schmidt: “we won’t be pursuing”May 2006: “Youtube kicked our butts”October 2006: Google bought it for... $1.65bn.
However, this line is hilarious. ‘If we had one more engineer...😅😂🤣
(Did Google ever hire a UI engineer?)
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