Wednesday, August 18, 2004
Google me This?
Over Exposed, and Possibly No Longer Cool?
I admire the founders of Google. Here's two guys, a couple of years younger than me, who took a college term paper, founded a business and changed the way we use the internet. Google's site is simple and elegant, but I wonder how long that will last now that they've gone public?
What's more of a concern to me is how they've handled their IPO, sorta ham-handed if you ask me. An early release of shares (now being investigated), the Playboy interview during the required 'quiet period' and a novel, but confusing Dutch Auction for their shares. All this amounts to a level of coverage that has me saying, "Google, Google, Google, the word has lost all meaning."
Anyway, I guess it's easy to armchair quarterback a project that I know I won't be required to handle anytime soon. I'm hoping for the best, but it seems that birthin' this baby is proving a bit difficult.
Google Cuts IPO Price Range
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,129273,00.html
I admire the founders of Google. Here's two guys, a couple of years younger than me, who took a college term paper, founded a business and changed the way we use the internet. Google's site is simple and elegant, but I wonder how long that will last now that they've gone public?
What's more of a concern to me is how they've handled their IPO, sorta ham-handed if you ask me. An early release of shares (now being investigated), the Playboy interview during the required 'quiet period' and a novel, but confusing Dutch Auction for their shares. All this amounts to a level of coverage that has me saying, "Google, Google, Google, the word has lost all meaning."
Anyway, I guess it's easy to armchair quarterback a project that I know I won't be required to handle anytime soon. I'm hoping for the best, but it seems that birthin' this baby is proving a bit difficult.
Google Cuts IPO Price Range
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,129273,00.html
