Google began with two college kids in 1996 who hated each other, Larry Page and Sergey Brin. They were both really low on cash, so they decided that they would track down loading docks to see if they were able to borrow new inexpensive computers so they could start working on their network called BackRub. Soon, word started spreading about what Brin and Page were doing and was earning them a ton of publicity. By 1998, they had begun improving their technology. They built their own computer housing in Page's homeroom, and they were advised, by a friend from Yahoo, to grow the service, and start a search engine by themselves. They decided to find an investor, Andy Bechtolsheim of Sun Microsystems, who knew that they had a lot of potential. Not before long, Bechtolsheim signed them a cheque for $100,000. The only problem was the Google Inc. had no legal entity which made it impossible to deposit the cheque. They found founders within their family and friends, and they're total investment was close to $1 million. At the end of 1998, Google Inc. started up in California, and was answering 10,000 search inquiries/day.
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