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It's been a long time coming. Google ran an experiment: "We are surrounded by stodgy, calcified software firms. Can we build a company that isn't like that and
by shadowgovt 4y ago
It's been a long time coming.
Google ran an experiment: "We are surrounded by stodgy, calcified software firms. Can we build a company that isn't like that and is also successful?"
For a long time, they succeeded. But I think that experiment has run to a conclusion and they've discovered for themselves why their competition became stodgy and calcified (it wasn't because that's what they wanted to be; it's because the larger you get, the more diverse work you're doing, the more you're rewarded for being reliable and efficient, not scrappy and disruptive).
- htrp 4y ago>We are surrounded by stodgy, calcified software firms. Cue Amazon's efforts to stay away from 'Day 2'...
- evilduck 4y agoIt's hard to be the scrappy and disruptive company when you've established the reputation that all of your new products efforts are a probably just months away from being showcased on https://killedbygoogle.com https://killedbygoogle.com.
- lucidguppy 4y agoI wonder what would happen if they spun stuff off instead of killing stuff. Keep 20% ownership, it's an alternative to layoffs.
- ramblerman 4y ago> For a long time, they succeeded. I'm not sure I'd give them that much credit in executing on any strategy. Google sat on perhaps the biggest moat any recent company has known. They had cash to burn for decades and to their credit put a lot of that towards employee happiness. But I'm not sure they ever really got anything off the ground for the "post" search era.
- neel8986 4y agoyoutube, android, chrome, maps, google doc, drive to name a few.
- visarga 4y agoThe more profits a company makes, the more they stand to lose, so they avoid risks.