Saturday, June 11, 2016

Google’s other businesses

Alpha minus

Alphabet is still working out how to treat its internal startups

“EMPOWERING great entrepreneurs and [allowing] companies to flourish.” This was one of the reasons Larry Page, the co-founder of Google, gave when he announced almost a year ago that the firm would restructure itself. Google, which comprises the internet-search and advertising business, now sits as a subsidiary in a holding company called Alphabet, alongside the “other bets”, a dozen startup businesses that range from fibre networks and smart cities to robotics and life sciences. Yet for now at least, the flourishing is limited and the entrepreneurs seem somewhat less than empowered



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