[Pulpertank]

A lot of people keep parroting Google's famous "fail quickly" model of encouraging innovation. But they seem to forget another well known fact: Apart from their core search product, Google has not produced another successful product. I think the two issues are related and a blind acceptance of Google's philosophy might be more harmful than good. Especially if your company does not have the kind of cash reserves that Google has.

[T_S_]

You can't use Google to prove anything. You are not privy to their evaluation of success and failure. But don't feel bad, very few are.

[thestoicattack]

What about GMail?

[rilindo]

For that matter, what about Android?

[martinkallstrom]

Android was an acquisition

[ecaradec]

it wasn't that successful before the acquisition

[martinkallstrom]

So success defines innovation?

[mkramlich]

Paul Buchheit was an acquisition in a sense