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A lot of people keep parroting Google's famous "fail quickly" model of encouraging innovation. But they seem to forget another well known fact: Apart from their
by Pulpertank 16y ago
A lot of people keep parroting Google's famous "fail quickly" model of encouraging innovation. But they seem to forget another well known fact: Apart from their core search product, Google has not produced another successful product. I think the two issues are related and a blind acceptance of Google's philosophy might be more harmful than good. Especially if your company does not have the kind of cash reserves that Google has.
- thestoicattack 16y agoWhat about GMail?
- rilindo 16y agoFor that matter, what about Android?
- martinkallstrom 16y agoAndroid was an acquisition
- ecaradec 16y agoit wasn't that successful before the acquisition
- martinkallstrom 16y agoSo success defines innovation?
- mkramlich 16y agoPaul Buchheit was an acquisition in a sense
- T_S_ 16y agoYou can't use Google to prove anything. You are not privy to their evaluation of success and failure. But don't feel bad, very few are.
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