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Google, Inc. business check, 6 x 2.75, filled out in type and signed by Brin, "Sergey Brin," payable to Larry Page for $12,870.67, May 18, 1999; endorsed on the reverse by Page, "Lawrence Page, for deposit only, Larry Page, Wells Fargo." Google's address is given as "165 University Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301," otherwise known as the 'Lucky Building' or 'Karma Building.' In very fine condition.
Google, Inc. was officially incorporated on September 7, 1998, by Sergey Brin and Larry Page, as a way to bring their 'PageRank' algorithm—an improved method of ranking internet search results, developed in the course of their Stanford doctoral work—to the masses. This check, written just eight months later and signed by both founders, is significant as it is payable from one co-founder to the other and dates to quite early in the company's history.
Having received several million dollars in venture capital investments, Google, Inc. had recently moved out of its Menlo Park garage (at the home of Susan Wojcicki) and into its first real office space in Palo Alto's 'Lucky Building'—famed as an incubator for several noted Silicon Valley startups. As such, this check represents Google's early, rapid growth—the firm occupied the 'Lucky Building' for only a few months before needing to move to a larger space, a victim of its own success.
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