Steve Ballmer considers the growth rate of Google madness
Steve Ballmer at a meeting with students of Stanford Graduate School of Business once again pleased the audience with interesting stories. In particular, he simply commented on the growth rate of Google - “this is crazy”.
Ballmer said that Microsoft had reached 75,000 employees for three decades, while Google spent much less time on this: “They are trying to double each year. This is madness". True, he noted, "this does not mean that they are doing everything wrong."
Comparing business models, Ballmer noted that Google’s entire business is built primarily on “search advertising”, while all other products are just an appendix to the main one. “They do a lot of pretty things,” said the head of Microsoft, breaking applause and loud laughter in the hall.
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Steve Ballmer singled out 4 stages in business: the idea, bringing it to a “critical mass” (state of development), making a profit (milking it financially) and the emergence of a new idea. Google, he said, is in the third stage - the “kitten and milk” stage: “Microsoft did it in the 90s ... or, I would say, in the 80s and 90s”.
By the way, during his speech, Eric Schmidt was nearby: he dined in the university cafeteria.
A video of the speech can be viewed here . Strongly recommended by everyone who knows English: Steve Ballmer is a great speaker.
Ballmer said that Microsoft had reached 75,000 employees for three decades, while Google spent much less time on this: “They are trying to double each year. This is madness". True, he noted, "this does not mean that they are doing everything wrong."
Comparing business models, Ballmer noted that Google’s entire business is built primarily on “search advertising”, while all other products are just an appendix to the main one. “They do a lot of pretty things,” said the head of Microsoft, breaking applause and loud laughter in the hall.
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Steve Ballmer singled out 4 stages in business: the idea, bringing it to a “critical mass” (state of development), making a profit (milking it financially) and the emergence of a new idea. Google, he said, is in the third stage - the “kitten and milk” stage: “Microsoft did it in the 90s ... or, I would say, in the 80s and 90s”.
By the way, during his speech, Eric Schmidt was nearby: he dined in the university cafeteria.
A video of the speech can be viewed here . Strongly recommended by everyone who knows English: Steve Ballmer is a great speaker.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/5300/
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