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Google is definitely interested in "paid businesses". What they aren't interested in is businesses under a billion* dollars. *Made up and likely exaggerated n
by s17n 9y ago
Google 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...