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They bought YouTube for a billion dollar - which was back then a crazy number. I still remember all that people arguing (including me) that Google would never m
by readittwice 8y ago
They bought YouTube for a billion dollar - which was back then a crazy number. I still remember all that people arguing (including me) that Google would never make so much money back from YouTube. YouTube even had the reputation for being a huge loss for Google for multiple years.
- bsder 8y agoThe YouTube deal was a boardroom backscratch to the Sand Hill Road VCs. YouTube was hemorrhaging money on bandwidth with zero possibility of ever being profitable.