http://sawickipedia.com a geek's take on the world Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:00:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://sawickipedia.com/2007/05/23/googles-new-tag-line-we-do-nepotism/ http://sawickipedia.com/2007/05/23/googles-new-tag-line-we-do-nepotism/#comments Wed, 23 May 2007 16:15:43 +0000 Todd Sawicki http://www.sawickipedia.com/blog/2007/05/23/googles-new-tag-line-we-do-nepotism/ Henry 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.

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