Nope. I would never pay $100k to Google as a startup, because there are more efficient ways to deploy that money. I would, however, consider taking $100k in fr

Nope. I would never pay $100k to Google as a startup, because there are more efficient ways to deploy that money. I would, however, consider taking $100k in free hosting from google as a startup because making it free eliminates the cost consideration in hosting choices. It's not keeping us out of the gate, it just that it reinforces the redefinition of startup to be "Silicon Valley VC type". EG: 37 Signals would never have qualified, but they were a startup.