Google VP: Here’s How to Get Bought By Us
If you're a startup looking for the fabled goldmine of a Google exit, here's the guy you'll want to meet: David Lawee.
The search giant's VP of Corporate Development, along with CEO Larry Page, signs off on the dozens of acquisitions and acqui-hires made every year, large and small. (One got added to the latter category Tuesday: design firm Cuban Council, which will be shipping off a portion of its team to help improve the look of Google+.)
So what does it take to impress Lawee? Well, for one thing, being lucky enough to have a startup that covers a particular area of tech Google is curious about right now (and naturally keeps close to its chest).
"It's like a giant puzzle," L…
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