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A useful reminder: Brin and Page raised $100K in their angel round (from Andy Bechtolsheim). Their company HQ was a friend's garage.
by dude_abides 12y ago
A useful reminder: Brin and Page raised $100K in their angel round (from Andy Bechtolsheim). Their company HQ was a friend's garage.
- iolothebard 12y ago1990s were a long time ago as well.
- api 12y agoEverything else has gotten cheaper, so if it weren't for cost of living you could probably do it on half that now. The problem is that while hardware, cloud, bandwidth, etc. has collapsed in prices since the late 90s, real estate has arguably undergone hyperinflation. As a result, people can't cope with low salaries as easily unless they're just-out-of-college types with no footprint.
- pbreit 12y ago"Everything else has gotten cheaper" Except people.