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This product was fairly recent if I'm not wrong, just slightly over 2 years old
by tmlee 7y ago
This product was fairly recent if I'm not wrong, just slightly over 2 years old
- jffry 7y agoWikipedia says "Initial release: July 18, 2017" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Hire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Hire
- jldugger 7y agoIIRC, it was an acquihire situation. The founder sold their company to Google, presumably as a condition of accepting a role as the head of Google Cloud. She's no longer at Google, so it makes some sense that they're not running her service at a loss.
- ra7 7y agoDo you mean Diane Green? What the company's name that was sold to Google?
- kijiki 7y agoBebop
- cj 7y agoI thought you were joking, but the name really is Bebop... https://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/latest-news/2018/11/google-cloud-ceo-diane-greene-departing.html?page=all https://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/latest-news/2018/1... "Greene joined Google in 2015 when the search giant bought her startup, Bebop, for $380 million." $380mm sounds like a pretty great signing bonus. Edit: I shouldn't have spoke so soon re: the signing bonus joke. Looks like she ended up donating her $150mm share: "Greene intends to donate $148.62 million of those proceeds 'to a donor advised fund.'"