Far from being different than startups, Google’s product development ecosystem actually mirrors the VC/startup ecosystem quite well. The idea behind both is th

Far from being different than startups, Google’s product development ecosystem actually mirrors the VC/startup ecosystem quite well. The idea behind both is that you pursue a lot of varied opportunities simultaneously and then cull the ones that aren’t delivering dramatically outsized success. A startups founding team, like a Google product team, may be committed to their product and want to pivot and keep taking fresh angles on adoption, but they can’t do that without money and the money works by different. Your favorite startups evaporate for the same reason. That said, this approach seems to chip away at Google’s reputation and doesn’t seem to be yielding a lot of standout successes, so it might not be a great idea for them.