Looking for the Next Google


	Looking for the Next Google

adamc

1-1-2007 5:33 AM

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google, search, web, future, powerset, snap, hakia, venture capital

adamc says:

Every day search connects more and more people with the products and services they need and want. The pie gets bigger, the niches become profitable enough to start a business.

And there's always the dream of taking a Google-sized slice.

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