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Correction: If it is not resulting in you transferring more data from yourself or others to Google to profit off of, it is not going to stick around long. Googl
by specialp 9y ago
Correction: If it is not resulting in you transferring more data from yourself or others to Google to profit off of, it is not going to stick around long. Google doesn't seem interested in running paid businesses besides advertising no matter how much you are paying them.
- mandelbrotwurst 9y agoUmm...Google Cloud Platform?
- s17n 9y agoGoogle is definitely interested in "paid businesses". What they aren't interested in is businesses under a billion* dollars. *Made up and likely exaggerated number
- htrp 9y agoActually true... Google had amazing robot grasper arms once upon a time. These were much better than anything that was in industry. The team got killed because it wasn't a "toothbrush test" business
- mgkimsal 9y agoi'm curious why google (and other large companies like that) might not try to sell those sorts of tech internal-startups to other industry players. possibly a lot of hassle, no doubt, but... tens of thousands of man hours and research just get shelved because "toothbrush test" (then... why were some of these obviously-not-toothbrush ideas being pursued in the first place) and no one else gets to benefit?
- cpeterso 9y agoTIL Larry Page's "toothbrush test" for acquisitions: "Is this something you will use once or twice a day, and does it make your life better?" http://www.businessinsider.com/larry-page-toothbrush-test-google-acquisitions-2014-8 http://www.businessinsider.com/larry-page-toothbrush-test-go...