If a Google project fails, everyone notices. If an Alphabet company fails, most people have no idea what Alphabet actually is.
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Perhaps "Renaming Google "Alphabet" is the kind of mistake you notice only when you have a greater than average level of familiarity." ?
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Possible, but actually I am still not sure what to make of it. So I will watch and learn.
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I wonder if the role of Shakespearean Fool could somehow be transplanted into the modern corporate environment.
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I just got the "alpha bet" symbolism now even though they explained it in their announcement.
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Why was it a mistake?
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I'm not quite convinced it was.
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Or when you're big enough where that kind of "mistake" has no actual (or even perceived) impact on your business...
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I thought the new name was "Google's parent company, Alphabet".
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They're just trying to be like hooli xyz.
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Outside of initial branding confusion, minimal downside, no? Supposedly lots of tax perks/flexibility in holding company structure.
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Tax/flexibility could have been achieved without the renaming with less disruption
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In the Pantheon of corporate blunders, this one ranks low. 90% of revenue & awareness still w/Google. Only IRS/side businesses care abt ABC
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Curious, why was it a mistake? The parent co doesn't need the brand recognition - all they need is one of their "alpha" bets to succeed :)
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They haven't renamed Google, they've just separated parts that didn't fit the Google Web platform branding as far as I know.
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Curious about why. For me, better Waymo than "Google car".
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.And its not even SEO friendly ;-)
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Incremental innovation brings about incremental progress. Historically, progress arises from leaps of innovation.
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Do you think business refactoring is always a bad idea? Larry & Sergey asked Warren Buffett so looking like a bad idea might be good one.
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