Over at TechCrunch, I have read this brief and meaningful comment of Jason Alba, CEO of JibberJobber.com about the said “The Google Story”.
I’ve been reading “The Google Story” (awesome, awesome book) and two similarities struck me as I read this post:
1. Google, according to critics, wasn’t going anywhere because it was just about simple search. Search was old and tired, and the main players like Yahoo knew that the real ticket was going to be a rich front page including news, weather, gossip, etc.
But the Google guys focused on having the best search ever… they focused on their core, simple, basic and boring product.
And look who won.
2. The Google guys didn’t understand how they were going to get revenue in the beginning… their main focus was the technology, and solving the problems of search. The revenue model we all know and (cough cough) love came later…
Not to say that you can ignore revenue models, but just because a company doesn’t have revenue models to begin with but does have a popular, useful, even simple application/function/purpose, doesn’t mean it’s going to be a flop.
Yes, too many have no idea what they are going, and I’m not saying Twitter is going to be Google, but it seems like they are doing some very good things.
The Google book is awesome.
And that was very well said, Jason!
Well, what struck me most is that how Google’s undeniable success these days wonderfully drawing out to us this one very important lesson — and that is — FOCUS!!!
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So, it was focus after all!
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Yes. Allen! IMO, it’s FOCUS!
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Thanks for the props… so the question becomes, focus on what??
They could have focused on revenue, ads, a portal page (like Yahoo), etc.
But they chose to focus on stuff that even frustrated their investors… and look where that got them
Jason Alba
CEO, JibberJobber.com
(and other stuff, trying to focus on what’s right)
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frustrated their investors? but where’s yahoo right now? isn’t it them who laid off thousands of employees while on the other hand, google’s profit continues to rise?
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