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20 October 2007
Web 2.0 Summit - John Doerr
Posted by Paul Miller at October 20, 2007 01:36 AM
John Doerr is up for the last session of the conference (except the drinks).
John B - “when you invested in Google, did you have any idea of where this would go?”
John D - “No”
John B - “do you worry that the company is trying to do too many things?”
John D - “No.” Google is about ads, and about applications. [what, no search?] 70/10/20 - ads, search, applications. Over 100million downloads of Google toolbar.
John B - “what do you worry about?”
John D - “keeping the quality of the culture” as the company grows rapidly.
John B - “why didn't you invest in Facebook?”
John D - loyalty. We'd backed Friendster, and we don't back competitors. Friendster is the number 13 web site by traffic, and it's growing. Number 3 in China.
Talking about Green issues... and the scale of the problem. Can't wait to see what innovative disruptors in the room do about it.
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