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One of the things that made Apple successful was having a very small number of products. Having a small number of amazing products is a good way to go.
by mikek 15y ago
One of the things that made Apple successful was having a very small number of products. Having a small number of amazing products is a good way to go.
- hga 15y agoBut there aren't very many people like Steve Jobs or corporate situations that allow such a person to exercise such control (no such result would come out of a committee) so this observation is of limited utility ... until you can arrange/figure out business models where you can do that sort of thing. For a company like Google, throwing a lot of things at the wall and seeing what sticks is not the worst approach in the world, assuming they don't upset too many people in transitions (see discussions on the App Engine).
- abraham 15y agoGoogle has gone through extensive restructuring over the last year with one or two top execs having almost complete control over their devision. I believe Google is broken down into six devisions including ads, search, social, mobile, business, and local. There might be another couple I'm missing or some of those might have been combined.
- jonknee 15y agoApple has had a large number of not amazing products too. Admitting defeat is a good way to make sure your company isn't overrun with them. I think this is a good move from Google.
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- mortenjorck 15y agoApple has had a very large number of not-amazing products that never made it out the door. Apple has a significantly smaller number of not-amazing products that people outside One Infinite Loop know about. The difference is that Apple tests indoors; Google tests outdoors.
- tptacek 15y ago"A small number of good products" doesn't mean "no flops". It's a strategy, not an outcome. It means Apple doesn't make printers, not that it never ends up making the iPod HiFi.