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Re:Ask HN: We have a great team and capital but can't find a... by chiefalchemist on Monday October 30, 2017 @10:49PM (#15590787)
True.

But I would counter with...Google wasn't a search company, but an advertising platform. And that's where is looked where others were not.

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Re:Ask HN: We have a great team and capital but can't find a... by jsjohnst on Monday October 30, 2017 @10:54PM (#15590804)
Google is now an advertising platform. In the beginning, they were no such thing. If Google hadn't essentially stolen the revenue model AdSense is based on from Overture[0], they might be a very different company today.

[0] https://www.cnet.com/news/overture-sues-google-over-search-p...

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