Acquired · Jun 29Google Part I: Origins of Search. How the Best Business in Human History Happened
John Doerr took a board seat with 12.5% and extracted a promise that Google would hire a professional CEO, which led to Eric Schmidt in March 2001.
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Kleiner Perkins
A venture capital firm that co-led Google's Series A.
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Acquired · Jun 29Acquired · Aug 16Amazon.com
It invested $8M at a $60M post-money valuation, beating a nearly double General Atlantic offer. John Doerr took the board seat himself, and Bezos called the backing a shot of steroids.
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