google’s new tag line: we do nepotism
May 23, 2007 – 8:15 amHenry Blodgett (yes that Henry Blodgett) posted a good critique of the google investment in sergei brin’s wife biotech startup. And to his point – what in heaven’s name is google thinking? What a total PR blunder. No matter how google’s kingpins try to justify this investment, the public will never buy it. It screams nepotism and in this case like most public matters – perception is reality. Now there’s nothing illegal about it, but if I were a google investor I would start to wonder who’s minding the store and whether or not sergei has jumped the shark.
