Bloomberg Wealth: John Doerr - John Doerr's Big Bets on Bezos, Brin and Page

The transcript discusses the speaker's early investments in Amazon and Google. The speaker met Jeff Bezos when Amazon was just an online bookseller and invested $8 million for 15% of the company. Bezos' vision was to offer the broadest selection at affordable prices with excellent customer service. The speaker also invested $11 million for 11% of Google, despite its lack of a business plan or revenue. Larry Page confidently predicted Google's potential for $10 billion in revenue, emphasizing the importance of search in accessing global information.

What were the characteristics of the investment made in Google?

What was the speaker's perception of the potential of search technology as described by Larry Page?