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Google has discontinued a total of 205 products so far. I think their survival rate is pretty close to the startup average.
by jiofih 6y ago
Google has discontinued a total of 205 products so far. I think their survival rate is pretty close to the startup average.
- panarky 6y agoHow many products has Microsoft discontinued?
- edoceo 6y agoThere have been well more than 205 failed startups in the last 10 years and so many more since G started. Google kill count is high but startup failure is much much higher
- AlphaSite 6y agoI, not sure if absolute numbers are worth looking at. What are the %s.
- jiofih 6y agoI thought that would be understood implicitly - how many google products do you know, maybe 10 to 20? That’s a < 10% success rate, pretty comparable to startups in general.
- mrkstu 6y agoThe difference is that originally there was a higher likelihood of trying out a Google product than a random startup's. Now that equation is flipped- I'd rather try a random startup's product than a Google one- at least the startup is going to live and die on making that product a success. Google? It has to be a massive world spanning success or its a guaranteed goner.
- crazygringo 6y ago> at least the startup is going to live and die on making that product a success. I'm going to respectfully disagree. Whether a product is being funded by Google or a VC, I'd argue they have a similar desire to make money, or else cut funding. If a product looks like a failure, the startup isn't going to keep it going or try harder -- the VC's will want to cut their losses. I honestly don't think there's much of a difference at all. It's the same types of executive tech people making the decisions at the end of the day no matter if it's at a VC or a Megacorp.
- fragmede 6y agoA VC-funded startup needs to be a runaway success. A million dollar idea isn't even going to get funding in the valley.
- notional 6y agoStartups don't usually have the backing of unlimited funds and warm bodies so it isn't really a fair comparison to make.