Excite
An early search engine that Google almost sold itself to, used as an example of a search engine that failed to understand user intent well, prompting Google's 'user is never wrong' philosophy.
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Videos Mentioning Excite
Legendary Investor Bill Gurley on Investing Rules, Insights from Jeff Bezos, Must-Read Books, & More
Tim Ferriss
Early internet search company that was going bankrupt, contributing to a negative perception of the search industry's investment potential.
Vinod Khosla : How to Build the Future
Y Combinator
Founded by Joe Kraus, to whom Khosla gave advice about the difficulty of choosing whose advice to trust.
Elad Gil and Pejman Nozad - Startup Investor School Day 3
Y Combinator
Mentioned as a 'monster company of the 90s' founded by Joe Kraus.
Paul Buchheit - Startup Investor School Day 2
Y Combinator
An internet company that Google founders approached to sell their search project.
Selina Tobaccowala at the Female Founders Conference 2016
Y Combinator
Mentioned as one of the companies existing during the time Selina Tobaccowala was graduating from Stanford and considering starting a company.
Eric Schmidt: Google | Lex Fridman Podcast #8
Lex Fridman
One of the search engines that existed before Google's disruption of the search market.
Peter Mallouk — Exploring the Worlds of Investing | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
An early internet search engine mentioned as an example of technology that was improved upon by later companies like Google.
Self-Driving Cars: State of the Art (2019)
Lex Fridman
A former leader in search engines, disrupted by Google.
Chris Dixon at Startup School 2013
Y Combinator
Mentioned as a dominant portal search engine that Google entered later, highlighting the existing market before Google's disruptive approach.
Aravind Srinivas: Perplexity CEO on Future of AI, Search & the Internet | Lex Fridman Podcast #434
Lex Fridman
An early search engine that Google almost sold itself to, used as an example of a search engine that failed to understand user intent well, prompting Google's 'user is never wrong' philosophy.
Startup Investor School Day 2 Live Stream
Y Combinator
One of the big internet companies that Larry Page and Sergey Brin tried to sell Google to in its early days, but they said no.