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9 principles of innovation from Google

12 points by nreece 19y ago

bootload 19y ago
"... 'You're brilliant? We're hiring. Come work at Google,' ...'I found an idea, and I can go to Google and have a demo in a month and be launched in six.' ..." So is spruiking for new-hires the point of the article?
- DaniFong 19y ago
  It may be more legitimate than you think. Google is one of the few companies I've interviewed at that isn't scared of my startup bug. They've been able to attract people who are otherwise entrepreneurs and keep them there (as, I suppose, intrapreneurs).
  - aswanson 19y ago
    They probably aren't scared because they know whatever you come up with, they own if they so please.
    - DaniFong 19y ago
      I think it's illegal, in California, to claim ownership of something if you worked on it on your own, with your equipment, in your free time.
      - aswanson 19y ago
        Cali, always ahead of the game. If I stuck to what I knew early in life, I'd be there. You are very lucky EDIT and smart.
        DaniFong 19y ago
        Heck, I flew in from the east coast of Canada with only $800 in the bank. If I can do it, you can too.
        aswanson 19y ago
        I certainly will ;). Great weather for outdoor hacking, friendly people, what's not to like? Almost anywhere beats NJ.
wallflower 19y ago
" "We also have people do things like Snippets. Every Monday, all the employees write an email that has five to seven bullet points on what you did the previous week. Being a search company, we take all the emails and make a giant Web page and index them." I heard about this (from Batelle's book?) a while ago and thought what if more companies did it - at the end of every week publish a list of what you accomplished..then I realized most people would be scared because it makes everyone accountable for producing something. Nowadays, we do scrum at our company now so it wouldn't be a stretch.
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aswanson 19y ago
Here's an idea for an innovation: Fix the search page so that if I put in a query and click on "Images", it doesn't blank out my query and make me type it again. Ask.com has figured that one out, at least.
aneesh 19y ago
Innovation number 10: Put the article on one page, not 9 different pages. Me being annoyed at waiting for 9 pages to load doesn't make me any more likely to click on your ads!

12 points by nreece 19y ago

"... 'You're brilliant? We're hiring. Come work at Google,' ...'I found an idea, and I can go to Google and have a demo in a month and be launched in six.' ..." So is spruiking for new-hires the point of the article?

DaniFong 19y ago
It may be more legitimate than you think. Google is one of the few companies I've interviewed at that isn't scared of my startup bug. They've been able to attract people who are otherwise entrepreneurs and keep them there (as, I suppose, intrapreneurs).
- aswanson 19y ago
  They probably aren't scared because they know whatever you come up with, they own if they so please.
  - DaniFong 19y ago
    I think it's illegal, in California, to claim ownership of something if you worked on it on your own, with your equipment, in your free time.
    - aswanson 19y ago
      Cali, always ahead of the game. If I stuck to what I knew early in life, I'd be there. You are very lucky EDIT and smart.
      - DaniFong 19y ago
        Heck, I flew in from the east coast of Canada with only $800 in the bank. If I can do it, you can too.
        aswanson 19y ago
        I certainly will ;). Great weather for outdoor hacking, friendly people, what's not to like? Almost anywhere beats NJ.

wallflower 19y ago

" "We also have people do things like Snippets. Every Monday, all the employees write an email that has five to seven bullet points on what you did the previous week. Being a search company, we take all the emails and make a giant Web page and index them." I heard about this (from Batelle's book?) a while ago and thought what if more companies did it - at the end of every week publish a list of what you accomplished..then I realized most people would be scared because it makes everyone accountable for producing something. Nowadays, we do scrum at our company now so it wouldn't be a stretch.

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aswanson 19y ago

Here's an idea for an innovation: Fix the search page so that if I put in a query and click on "Images", it doesn't blank out my query and make me type it again. Ask.com has figured that one out, at least.

aneesh 19y ago

Innovation number 10: Put the article on one page, not 9 different pages. Me being annoyed at waiting for 9 pages to load doesn't make me any more likely to click on your ads!