One of the most common venture capital complaints is that there is too much money chasing too few good deals. Well, the quality of deals may begin to increase in direct proportion to the number of Google engineers leaving the company for entrepreneurial pursuits.

The exit doors are beginning to open at the Googleplex. Today, Bret Taylor and Jim Norris, two of the Googlers behind its killer Google Maps product, are taking up positions as entrepreneurs in residence at Benchmark Capital. Predictably, they are working on something related to the consumer Internet.

To follow Taylor and Norris' progress, see:
Starting Up

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