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Read Steven Levy's book ("Inside the Plex"). It provides an alternative narrative to the one most engineers believe. In particular, it says that Google had goo
by timr 12y ago
Read Steven Levy's book ("Inside the Plex"). It provides an alternative narrative to the one most engineers believe. In particular, it says that Google had good early traction from technology people, but the Yahoo deal is what made them mainstream.
- Chronic29 12y agoCorrect. Great engineering will get you a few users. Excellent business execution will put you on the map.
- nhstanley 12y agoFor those not old enough to remember, (I believe) this is the Google-Yahoo deal referenced: http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2066171/Yahoo-Partners-With-Google http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2066171/Yahoo-Partners-...