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๐—š๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐˜€ ๐—ฌ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ This is the story of how Google outsmarted Yahooโ€ฆ And turned a tiny startup called Android โ†’ Into the worldโ€™s #1 mobile operating system. ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฑ โ€” ๐—ฌ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† Yahoo was struggling to stay relevant. They saw mobile as their big comeback. So they started talking to a small startup called ๐€๐ง๐๐ซ๐จ๐ข๐ ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ. Founded by Andy Rubin โ€” a genius in mobile tech. Yahoo wanted to buy Android. It couldโ€™ve changed their future forever. ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—น๐˜†โ€ฆ Larry Page & Sergey Brin โ€” the Google founders โ€” got wind of this. They realized something: "๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐˜๐š๐ก๐จ๐จ ๐›๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐€๐ง๐๐ซ๐จ๐ข๐โ€ฆ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ฐ๐ž๐." So they moved fast. Really fast. Behind Yahooโ€™s backโ€ฆ Google quietly reached out to Andy Rubin. And guess what? Google closed the deal before Yahoo could react. ๐๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ž? Just $50 million. ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฑ Google didnโ€™t just buy Android. They ๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ it. โ†’ Made Android open-source. โ†’ Gave it to phone makers for free. โ†’ Bundled Google Search, Maps, Gmail into every Android device. ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ? Yahooโ€™s entire mobile dream got wiped out. Android exploded globally. Today, Android powers over ๐Ÿ‘ ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง devices. ๐˜๐š๐ก๐จ๐จ? Crushed. ๐Ÿฏ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ด ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐˜€ ๐—ฌ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐Ÿ. ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐ž๐ > ๐’๐ข๐ณ๐ž Big companies move slow. Startups & smart operators move like sharks. ๐Ÿ. ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐–๐ข๐ง๐ฌ Google gave Android away for free โ†’ and locked in billions of users. ๐Ÿ‘. ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐–๐š๐ซ Yahoo thought they had time. Google didnโ€™t wait. Google didnโ€™t just win. They ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ the internet forever. Yahoo thought they were getting into mobile. Google ๐›๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ž mobile. And the rest is history. I hope you've found this helpful. Follow Vishu Bheda for more such amazing business stories!

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