Human ScaleGoogle appears to be stepping out in front of what may be an inevitable future. I’m imagining the team discussing the future on a Friday…
A, B, etC.Author’s Note: When my agent told me that Penurious Press wanted me to write and illustrate an alphabet book for children, I said, “They still haven’t paid me for my last three books! You’re fired!” Then I dashed off the following in ten minutes. Enjoy! Or don’t. I couldn’t care less.
Google’s Alphabet SoupOn August 10th, Google announced a major overhaul of it’s corporate structure to make it “cleaner and more accountable” and rebranded itself Alphabet. A quick history of my relationship with Google as an analyst highlights why I think this is a seminal moment in corporate America history.
The ABC of Google’s Alphabet restructureThe ground is still shaking from Google’s announcement on Monday. Google is undergoing a radical restructure, reorganising under a new name and creating a divide between its moneymaking businesses and its “moon shot” ones.
More on Alphabet and the Startup Studio modelLet’s talk about Alphabet. Larry Page stunned us all last month when he…
I is for InnovationGoogle’s decision to create a holding company called Alphabet comes as a major surprise, a rare event that is one of the most ambitious, drastic, and radical moves that we have seen in a long time. On few occasions have we seen one of the most important companies in the world implement change…
Reading between the alphabetsWhat we should actually make of the Google restructureWhen you start something that you believe will ‘change the world’, and it literally does, you know you’ve built something big. Really, really big. However, what…
Let’s Play Name That Parent Company!Alphabet is poised for invisibility. Can you spot these 10 other invisible parent companies?Is Alphabet Larry Page’s own Berkshire Hathaway? Professor James Kwak says no, not…
