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Everyone laughed when Google bought a 22-month-old startup for $50 Million... Now, that "startup" has 3.9 BILLION users. It makes more money than Snapchat, Airbnb and Uber COMBINED. Here's how a "tiny" purchase now powers half the world: 2003: A tiny startup in Palo Alto had a wild idea. Not for phones — but for digital cameras. The founder, Andy Rubin, wanted to create an OS that would connect cameras to the cloud. The team noticed a massive shift: People were ditching standalone cameras for phones. So they pivoted to mobile. They planned to charge licensing fees — just like Microsoft. But when Android pitched Samsung in Seoul... Samsung laughed: "You have 6 people. Microsoft has thousands." 2 weeks later, with their bank account nearly empty, Larry Page called. He saw something everyone missed: If Microsoft dominated mobile like they did PCs, Google's future was at risk. After that google acquired android for $50M and they expanded beyond phones.

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Anonymous 5

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Wow even with just six people, Android had a vision. Just shows how important it is in the early days to hire based on aligned vision instead of just skills.

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Anonymous 4

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This shows Google’s knack for spotting long-term potential, they have somehow tho, not in a good way, become a bank basically that buys and hoards tech instead of innovating new stuff. Don't you think so?

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Anonymous 3

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Damn, that's a crazy story

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Anonymous 2

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Brilliant minds think out of the box 💯

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Anonymous 1

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This sets Google as the default search engine.

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The Outlier

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To use Android, manufacturers had to dance to Google's tune.

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Anonymous
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Medial • 1m

That proved to be one of the greatest decision for Google.

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