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The Google We Lost
- ljd 15y agoHere's the upside: people will stop asking how your start up will compete with google.
- gruseom 15y agoI've been wondering about this too, and your explanation is interesting - basically, lack of self-knowledge on Google's (and its own founder's) part and trying to be what they're not. It seems so odd that Google would go this way and even odder that it would do so as a result of a founder taking control. Perhaps it only seems odd because we have extremely incomplete information. On the other hand, sometimes the from-afar view has advantages. From afar, Google+ looks like Google's Bing. Another interesting question is: will they change course or double down?
- bdr 15y agoWe do have extremely incomplete information, and saying things like "lack of self-knowledge" about a corporation is shaky ground, so it took me a while to get this post out. I'm glad you found it interesting. > will they change course or double down? Worst would be neither, of course. The next few data points about their behavior will be important.