why aren't there more googles?

paul graham seems to think that it's because startups will sell out and then end up being smothered in bureaucracy.

definitely I think this is true - when the founders are in a tired state, perhaps dipped in hope and no longer focused on the true prize - changing the world. They turn to the easy out - get paid and get out.

I wonder if this is also true for the ideas that Google itself has bought - it seems that those companies as well have not done well either.

That essay was written in response to this posting, How to Fix Venture Capital. This article touches on my previous posts regarding the idea of selling out and letting others call the shots, or really setting on yourself in pursuing true change. Once you take someone else's money, it becomes their game.

Well, back to work .