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How can you honestly say the "let a thousand flowers bloom" approach failed? Google scraps a lot of products, but they still have many great products: Gmail/GSu

by axg11 5y ago

How can you honestly say the "let a thousand flowers bloom" approach failed? Google scraps a lot of products, but they still have many great products: Gmail/GSuite, Android, YouTube, GCP, Nest... Each of those is a successful tech company in their own right.

JofArnold 5y ago
~Gmail: acquisition~ EDIT: nope, I remembered wrong; PB did it while at Google. GSuite: a product of several acquisitions Android: acquisition YouTube: acquisition Nest: acquisition Sure, they may have improved them. But definitely not spawned from blooming flowers.
- sundarurfriend 5y ago
  > Gmail: acquisition Wasn't Gmail someone's 20%-time project, within Google?
  - JofArnold 5y ago
    You're right! PB! I'll correct
netcan 5y ago
>>Each of those is a successful tech company in their own right. I disagree. None are another revenue stream. Android/YouTube/etc pull a low of weight for the AdWords business but (a) those were acquisitions and (b) they don't have a business model "in their own right."