Google purchased the 1,900 sq.ft. home in Menlo Park where founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin rented a garage eight years ago to start the business. The rent back then was $1,700 a month. Yes, you read it right, $1,700, and it’s not the entire home, just the garage!
In comparison, HP co-founder William Hewlett rented the garage where HP was started for $45 per month.
Only in California ….
The Mountain View-based company bought the 1,900-square-foot home in nearby Menlo Park from one of its own employees, Susan Wojcicki, who had agreed to lease her garage for $1,700 per month because she wanted some help paying the mortgage.
Wojcicki, now Google’s vice president of product management, didn’t work for the company at the time and only knew the Stanford University graduate students because one of her friends had dated Brin.
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Any startups looking for an overpriced spot, I have a garage for rent. Instead of helping to offset the mortgage, you can help contribute to over-inflated property taxes!
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I guess it all goes to show that somehow all the great things all come from working hard and single mindedly in the garage, interesting eh?