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I think most of google sucesses outside search were done like that without the CEO having knowledge.
by elmar 9y ago
I think most of google sucesses outside search were done like that without the CEO having knowledge.
- dzhiurgis 9y agoI was about to say the same, but it’s not exactly the same. You are free to build anything, but using existing stack. Not pickup new stack and rewrite something that’s not even broken. That said, probably more often than not, there’s an actual value in it.
- elmar 9y agoI think reality is more serendipitous, ny view is that if you have hardworking creativy people working on side projects sometimes magic happens. For example: Android was a completely diferent tech stack from google.
- din-9 9y agoAndroid was bought in though.
- elmar 9y agoI heard in a lecture of Blitzscaling with Eric Schmidt that google founders got the Google Chrome and Android projects running inside google without him knowing the real breath and intentions of the projects. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcRxFRgNpns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcRxFRgNpns
- sgroppino 9y agoThe main difference could be that google has loads of cash to burn trying things out. I don't know their history 100% but suspect they were pretty strict with standards when they were a small start up.
- tanilama 9y agoAds: doubleclick, bought Maps: bought Youtube: bought Android: bought What else?
- fooker 9y agoGoogle had a successful ads business before the doubleclick acquisition. They are still more or less separate software stacks. (Disclaimer: This knowledge is outdated by about 2 years, but a significant change is unlikely. )
- gcb0 9y agobut it was far from supporting the whole company alone as it is now. it mostly was successful because of their search monopoly alone. they could have banners and it would have been the same before the acquisition
- pas 9y agoSource on Maps please. They bought KeyHole or whatever, fir Google Earth maybe. But Maps itself was started in-house, no?
- gcb0 9y agothe web 2.0 interface to the bought map backend, yes I think that was original.
- moogly 9y agoWikipedia says: "Google Maps began as a C++ desktop program designed by Lars and Jens Eilstrup Rasmussen at Where 2 Technologies. In October 2004, the company was acquired by Google, which converted it into a web application."
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- sgs1370 9y agoFlights, bought (ITA Software)