YouTube's former CPO says he had to 'ask for investment' from Google as if he were raising money from a VC

YouTube's former CPO says he had to 'ask for investment' from Google as if he were raising money from a VC

Ex-YouTube chief product officer Shishir Mehrotra said he had to "ask for investment" from Google's "cash pile."Big Event Media/Getty Images for HumanX ConferenceYouTube's former chief product officer Shishir Mehrotra said the company didn't have "infinite money."On the "Grit" podcast, Mehrotra said that YouTube paid Google 25 cents for every dollar it made."Google had a cash pile over there, but I had to go ask for investment from it," Mehrotra…

Ex-YouTube Exec: Google Funding Demanded VC-Style Pitches and Projections

In the high-stakes world of Silicon Valley, where tech giants like Google are often seen as bottomless wells of capital, a former top executive at YouTube has pulled back the curtain on a surprisingly rigorous internal funding process. Shishir Mehrotra, who served as YouTube’s chief product officer from 2008 to 2014, revealed that securing resources from parent company Google felt akin to pitching venture capitalists for startup funding. Far fro…