I was specifically replying to poster askafriend about how "finances first" didn't apply to Google Inc. I'm saying that it probably did but the popular narrative has hidden that fact. (I doublechecked to see that I did reply to askafriend instead of ThomPete so there shouldn't be confusion.)

An example company that might fit askafriend's argument better would be Craigslist. That started as a shared email list which grew organically into something bigger. Craig also turned down VC money.