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๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ This is the story of how Google outsmarted Yahooโฆ And turned a tiny startup called Android โ Into the worldโs #1 mobile operating system. ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฑ โ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ ๐ข๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ Yahoo was struggling to stay relevant. They saw mobile as their big comeback. So they started talking to a small startup called ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐จ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐. Founded by Andy Rubin โ a genius in mobile tech. Yahoo wanted to buy Android. It couldโve changed their future forever. ๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ค๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐น๐โฆ Larry Page & Sergey Brin โ the Google founders โ got wind of this. They realized something: "๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐จ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐จ๐ข๐โฆ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐๐ฐ๐๐." So they moved fast. Really fast. Behind Yahooโs backโฆ Google quietly reached out to Andy Rubin. And guess what? Google closed the deal before Yahoo could react. ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐? Just $50 million. ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ด๐น๐ฒโ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ถ๐ฑ Google didnโt just buy Android. They ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐๐ it. โ Made Android open-source. โ Gave it to phone makers for free. โ Bundled Google Search, Maps, Gmail into every Android device. ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ? Yahooโs entire mobile dream got wiped out. Android exploded globally. Today, Android powers over ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง devices. ๐๐๐ก๐จ๐จ? Crushed. ๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ ๐. ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ > ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ Big companies move slow. Startups & smart operators move like sharks. ๐. ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ Google gave Android away for free โ and locked in billions of users. ๐. ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ซ Yahoo thought they had time. Google didnโt wait. Google didnโt just win. They ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ the internet forever. Yahoo thought they were getting into mobile. Google ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ 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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