> During the first dotcom bubble, we had lots of startups run by MBAs that were getting trounced by the competition run by hackers. Today, the dotcoms run by guys who only hack are going to be trounced by the startups that also understand social systems.
Are we starting to see this in Google? Google+ was a complete failure, and they are eroding their PR with frequent shutdown of social tools. I am still bitter about the shutdown of Hangouts, which I used all the time.
> During the first dotcom bubble, we had lots of startups run by MBAs that were getting trounced by the competition run by hackers. Today, the dotcoms run by guys who only hack are going to be trounced by the startups that also understand social systems.
Are we starting to see this in Google? Google+ was a complete failure, and they are eroding their PR with frequent shutdown of social tools. I am still bitter about the shutdown of Hangouts, which I used all the time.