What is Google? It is a $50 billion company. That's what it is.
Who gets 96% of its revenue from advertising... which makes it
abundantly NOTHING like any other company in the game at that scale?
Clear channel owns a lot of billboards... radio stations, XM, etc... but
at $6B revenue and no active founder(s) and no significant technology
corner?
Amazon is maybe the closest thing to compare to Google @ $62B revenue,
no bricks and mortar, and only a few years older, still run by it's founder?
Virgin Records/Atlantic/Galactic might be nearly as *eclectic* if a bit
lower in revenue? I don't know what Branson's role is... beyond being
the token Knight with a flambouyant reputation? I assume he calls the
shots around Galactic if not Atlantic. Records has long since gotten
folded into Capitol... I"m sure he's still making money from there, but
not calling any shots?
Apple, of course, while Jobs was still alive, had a tiny bit of the same
breadth/depth/focus. $150B?
Microsoft? Lumbering beast, getting bogged down by it's own (former)
leadership. Who would have thought Apple would ever exceed MS in
revenues? $75B?
Apologies if I fumbled any numbers or facts here... it was a quick
scan... I'm just not ready to sweep Google's behaviour, presence,
circumstance under the carpet of "big corporation can't help itself".
- Steve
- Steve
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