$1.$ What$$s an IPO? Why did Brin and Page take their company public? What disadvantages did they incur by going public? Are they likely to lose control of their company?

$2.$ How does a Playboy interview enter into the Google story? What did Brin and Page do wrong? $($By the way, the interview appeared in the August $2004$ issue of Playboy; because Google incorporated the text into its revised IPO filing, it$$s now in the public domain and available online.$)$