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Google can?

by Pica_soO 10y ago

Google can?

ThomPete 10y ago
I think innovate meant in the form of creating successful businesses. Most of googles revenue is still advertising.
- dragonwriter 10y ago
  > Most of googles revenue is still advertising. That doesn't mean that Google's other businesses aren't successful. There are lots of independent, successful businesses with vastly less revenue than Google's advertising operations, so why wouldn't an internal Google business that is profitable but has vastly less revenue than its advertising business be evidence that Google can create successful businesses?
  - ThomPete 10y ago
    Sure but I think that's the spirit it's meant in. I.e. why is it hard for companies to mostly have one cash cow and not develop several. Or why is it hard for them the develop a new business as old ones die out.
    - ktRolster 10y ago
      why is it hard for companies to mostly have one cash cow and not develop several In other words, why can't more companies be like Apple? Or Oracle, or Microsoft, for that matter.
    - Pica_soO 10y ago
      Because the cash cow has a say in everything. Tablett? Put the cash cow on it. Mp3 Player? Cash Cow it. If there is one lesson to take from all this, once something had success - it should be held far away from anything new developing. If they want to give a prototype bovine-cash-madness - it should happen completely independent from the actual prototype and have no effect on the evaluation of said prototype.
- mc32 10y ago
  Yup. It'll be interesting to see if Apple can continue Macs to iPods to iPhones to ipads to ??
  - giarc 10y ago
    I think the next step was supposed to be watches.
    - ktRolster 10y ago
      Apple watch sales have been amazing: http://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-watch-with-sizable-sales-cant-shake-its-critics-1461524901 http://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-watch-with-sizable-sales-c... Selling better than the iPhone did in its first year. If miniaturization improves to the point that we can fit reasonable processors battery life in the phone form-factor, then expect to sell even better.

Google can?

ThomPete 10y ago

I think innovate meant in the form of creating successful businesses. Most of googles revenue is still advertising.

dragonwriter 10y ago
> Most of googles revenue is still advertising. That doesn't mean that Google's other businesses aren't successful. There are lots of independent, successful businesses with vastly less revenue than Google's advertising operations, so why wouldn't an internal Google business that is profitable but has vastly less revenue than its advertising business be evidence that Google can create successful businesses?
- ThomPete 10y ago
  Sure but I think that's the spirit it's meant in. I.e. why is it hard for companies to mostly have one cash cow and not develop several. Or why is it hard for them the develop a new business as old ones die out.
  - ktRolster 10y ago
    why is it hard for companies to mostly have one cash cow and not develop several In other words, why can't more companies be like Apple? Or Oracle, or Microsoft, for that matter.
  - Pica_soO 10y ago
    Because the cash cow has a say in everything. Tablett? Put the cash cow on it. Mp3 Player? Cash Cow it. If there is one lesson to take from all this, once something had success - it should be held far away from anything new developing. If they want to give a prototype bovine-cash-madness - it should happen completely independent from the actual prototype and have no effect on the evaluation of said prototype.
mc32 10y ago
Yup. It'll be interesting to see if Apple can continue Macs to iPods to iPhones to ipads to ??
- giarc 10y ago
  I think the next step was supposed to be watches.
  - ktRolster 10y ago
    Apple watch sales have been amazing: http://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-watch-with-sizable-sales-cant-shake-its-critics-1461524901 http://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-watch-with-sizable-sales-c... Selling better than the iPhone did in its first year. If miniaturization improves to the point that we can fit reasonable processors battery life in the phone form-factor, then expect to sell even better.