Nine startup dreams and industries Google crushed in 2009

Posted by dragonquest on Thursday December 31, 2009 @01:59AM
from the digital.venturebeat.com dept.

http://digital.venturebeat.com/2009/12/30/google-2009/

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Re:Nine startup dreams and industries Google crushed in 2009 by gyardley on Thursday December 31, 2009 @07:51AM (#1024206)

Every time I read an article like this, I think of Google Lively. Google entering a space != Google crushing the competition.

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Re:Nine startup dreams and industries Google crushed in 2009 by brown9-2 on Thursday December 31, 2009 @10:03AM (#1024359)

Agreed - this article would be better titled "Nine startup dreams and industries Google released competing products for in 2009".

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Re:Nine startup dreams and industries Google crushed in 2009 by sundae79 on Thursday December 31, 2009 @08:01PM (#1025298)

Entering a space by charging competitive prices is different from offering things for free. Maybe the goal was not to crush competition, but it has the same effect.

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Re:Nine startup dreams and industries Google crushed in 2009 by DannoHung on Thursday December 31, 2009 @08:06AM (#1024222)

Not that I don't agree, but I really don't think that 3D Avatars are ever going to be a marketspace worth competing in.

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Re:Nine startup dreams and industries Google crushed in 2009 by axod on Thursday December 31, 2009 @06:33AM (#1024148)

Thought Etherpad might bear a mention in the bit about wave.

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Re:Nine startup dreams and industries Google crushed in 2009 by gometro33 on Thursday December 31, 2009 @07:17AM (#1024183)

"Don't be evil."

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