Entrepreneurial Lessons From Google All-Star and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer

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3 pointsjejune062 comments

Too much cherry picking and revisionist history in this article. Some examples:

Google Desktop: You sure it wasn't Apple who asked that question way back in 2004 and introduced Spotlight in OS X 10.4, way before Google Desktop?

Smart People: Kind of sad commentary about the author's mindeset. All those people have college degrees and 2 are masters. Author indirectly mocks those colleges and doesn't think to list any smart people that don't have college degrees. Maybe Google doesn't have any, which means this isn't really the lesson.

Age: Never mind the fact that that Google engineers are predominantly under 40 and there is an age discrimination lawsuit against Google.

Users/Competition: Google is too big to draw lessons. They are paying big attention to Amazon and Apple.

As to the Smart People and University Degrees comment, I was told by a Google Recruiter that they rarely interview people who don't have University degrees (though she agreed I had the experience to be put through). I was told that even in sales and marketing positions, a degree is a requirement.

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