Google had already found a viable business model when this article was written. They were profitable in 2001 and went on to make $99M in net income on $348M in

Google had already found a viable business model when this article was written. They were profitable in 2001 and went on to make $99M in net income on $348M in revenue in 2002. This was not public knowledge at the time since Google was still a private company. That's something to keep in mind when people speculate about today's private startups. http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1288776/000119312504073639/ds1.htm#toc16167_11 http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1288776/0001193125040...