If you want to read from an insider's perspective, read this book from a Keyhole PM (I just finished).
Very interesting to see how Keyhole struggled with cash flow needs and long sales cycles in the post-dot.com bubble just as the average startup struggles now.
Also, In-Q-Tel was just an investor at the company, and many were wary about why Google (who didn't have any mapping product) would go that route.
Very interesting to see how Keyhole struggled with cash flow needs and long sales cycles in the post-dot.com bubble just as the average startup struggles now.
Also, In-Q-Tel was just an investor at the company, and many were wary about why Google (who didn't have any mapping product) would go that route.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35820393-never-lost-agai...