Investment and acquisition issues aside, the reason there aren't more Googles is because... there aren't that many Googles. Their mission statement is huge: "or

Investment and acquisition issues aside, the reason there aren't more Googles is because... there aren't that many Googles. Their mission statement is huge: "organize the world's information. From the get-go they had a unique algorithm that could do it. They just needed money to keep expanding their infrastructure. I'm not convinced there are many bold, innovative founders with world-changing inventions that are falling through the cracks. The genius maverick entrepreneur is mostly an imaginary romantic archetype. Many founders these days seem as conservative as investors if you compare the scope of their ideas to Google, Apple, Ebay, Skype, or other projects that did change the world. The modus operandi for founders these days seems to be "aim sorta low and cash out early."