It's all a really great list of benefits you'll get going with Google Ventures if you're lucky enough to get their interest but I don't think it's enough to actually disrupt the VC industry, the benefits aren't really gamechangers:
- they can introduce you to other Googlers, this can be hard to achieve by yourself but it's definitely not impossible, if you're working in a cool space where Google has some platform or aspirations you will inevitably cross paths with someone who can give you the same introductions
- they can send you the rejects that applied for jobs which is for sure going to include some amazing people, but they applied for bigcorp pay, benefits, security, hours, stability and processes .... not startups
- they can help you with their expertise, now this is the potentially really interesting one if you're in the tiny slice of startups that needs to scale the crap out of what they're doing, but their more widely applicable UI expertise is soulless, spartan and even ugly in spite of whole continents converting/reacting well to it
- they have mindshare outside of SV, which is of dubious value really ... I mean they own search and they own online advertising, but they still have to advertise like crazy to get Chrome users so I wouldn't imagine they can just flick a switch and give you massive marketshare overnight
- smart people work there and can give smart advice/insight, which is a big plus of course but smart people are everywhere, you just have to look for them
- work at the Googleplex, probably would be awesome but it's not exactly going to make or break your startup
- they can introduce you to other Googlers, this can be hard to achieve by yourself but it's definitely not impossible, if you're working in a cool space where Google has some platform or aspirations you will inevitably cross paths with someone who can give you the same introductions
- they can send you the rejects that applied for jobs which is for sure going to include some amazing people, but they applied for bigcorp pay, benefits, security, hours, stability and processes .... not startups
- they can help you with their expertise, now this is the potentially really interesting one if you're in the tiny slice of startups that needs to scale the crap out of what they're doing, but their more widely applicable UI expertise is soulless, spartan and even ugly in spite of whole continents converting/reacting well to it
- they have mindshare outside of SV, which is of dubious value really ... I mean they own search and they own online advertising, but they still have to advertise like crazy to get Chrome users so I wouldn't imagine they can just flick a switch and give you massive marketshare overnight
- smart people work there and can give smart advice/insight, which is a big plus of course but smart people are everywhere, you just have to look for them
- work at the Googleplex, probably would be awesome but it's not exactly going to make or break your startup