Google’s Toughest Search Is for a Business Model – NYTimes.com

Google’s Toughest Search Is for a Business Model

As Eric Schmidt prepared the agenda for last September’s board meeting of Google, the Internet search company, he added an item: ”Financing Plans — prepare for initial public offering.” ”I assumed I was brought in to take the company public,” recalled Mr. Schmidt, who became chairman of Google in March 2001 after a long career at Sun Microsystems and four years as chief executive of Novell.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/08/business/google-s-toughest-search-is-for-a-business-model.html