Google Buys Garage Where Empire Began

Sun Oct 1, 2006 3:35 PM EDT
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fritzg

Very cool. Good to see these guys (and others) maintaining some institutional memory (even if the institution is only eight years old ).

Where's the garage Newsvine started in? :-)

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Reply#1 - Sun Oct 1, 2006 8:58 PM EDT
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Calvin Tang

We didn't have enough money to rent a garage, so we worked out of my carport. Man, that first winter was chilly! ;)

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#1.1 - Mon Oct 2, 2006 2:34 AM EDT
{"commentId":311583,"authorDomain":"cal"}
Cal

Haha!

I need to find a genious idea and a garage to start it in... anyone have an idea I can borrow? ;)

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#1.2 - Mon Oct 2, 2006 2:35 AM EDT
{"commentId":311804,"authorDomain":"javelin"}
David Gottfried

Man, I've got tons of ideas. Unfortunately, they're all locked up in other people's patents. Maybe I can find a nice garage in China somewhere and just reverse engineer some of this stuff!

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#1.3 - Mon Oct 2, 2006 9:46 AM EDT
{"commentId":311928,"authorDomain":"super-structure"}
Jason Coleman

Calvin: I could have sworn you guys started in a miniature horse stable… just a rumor, I suppose.

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#1.4 - Mon Oct 2, 2006 11:25 AM EDT
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{"commentId":311359,"authorDomain":"RockyCool"}
RockyCool

Nice man..
Keep it up..

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    Reply#2 - Sun Oct 1, 2006 9:18 PM EDT
    {"commentId":311377,"authorDomain":"profuzion"}
    ProFuzionProd

    awesome

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      Reply#3 - Sun Oct 1, 2006 9:42 PM EDT
      {"commentId":311468,"authorDomain":"vhiggins"}
      vhiggins

      google scares me.

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      Reply#4 - Sun Oct 1, 2006 11:42 PM EDT
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      {"commentId":311592,"authorDomain":"prez"}
      Matt Kennedy

      Sure doesn't look like a million-dollar home to me.

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      Reply#5 - Mon Oct 2, 2006 2:55 AM EDT
      {"commentId":311794,"authorDomain":"marilynl"}
      Marilyn L

      Didn't used to be, that's for sure. Now... they all are.

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      #5.1 - Mon Oct 2, 2006 9:41 AM EDT
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      {"commentId":311736,"authorDomain":"insanitybliss"}
      insanity

      very interesting... something that will go down in the history books

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        Reply#6 - Mon Oct 2, 2006 8:59 AM EDT
        {"commentId":311777,"authorDomain":"biggary123"}
        gary hunter

        wow man

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          Reply#7 - Mon Oct 2, 2006 9:32 AM EDT
          {"commentId":311800,"authorDomain":"ryaninc"}
          Ryan Joseph

          Yeah, this is pretty cool. I'm glad they keep that personal connection...even if it cost them a million bucks. :-)

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          Reply#8 - Mon Oct 2, 2006 9:44 AM EDT
          {"commentId":311807,"authorDomain":"futurereach"}
          pvols1979

          I have a garage, but no ground-breaking ideas to fill it with. I would love to start something like this. It is amazing how some people just hit the nail on the head.

          futurereach DoT org

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          • 2 votes
          Reply#9 - Mon Oct 2, 2006 9:49 AM EDT
          {"commentId":311831,"authorDomain":"ike7"}
          Ike-88

          I wonder what that mutual friend / Brin's ex-girlfriend is doing now and what she thinks about dating a future billionaire

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            Reply#10 - Mon Oct 2, 2006 10:03 AM EDT
            {"commentId":312150,"authorDomain":"webmarket"}
            J Bowman

            There is a lesson to us all here...

            Whatever you do, take it out of your own house. Working from home is often nonproductive. Even getting a garage or lof from a neighbor is better for effectivity.

            Even better if the space is chilly as they say, while you are there you will probably work instead of lounge around..

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            • 1 vote
            Reply#11 - Mon Oct 2, 2006 1:49 PM EDT
            {"commentId":312809,"authorDomain":"eyequeue"}
            eyequeue

            I know a Google employee, but I wasn't aware that I knew the Google employee! ;-)

            The Mountain View-based company bought the 1,900-square-foot home in nearby Menlo Park from one of its one employees
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            Reply#12 - Mon Oct 2, 2006 7:49 PM EDT
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