Oct 30, 2009

Business Lessons from Google


Google's free Navigation application offer has caused the stock prices of Garmin and other related companies to topple. Lesson learnt from here is to always be wary when forming partnerships with companies that may grow too large. They'll either consume you, which may not be a bad thing, or they'll put you out of business.
I was always afraid of spiders growing up, not because of the eight legs or the umpteen eyes, but because of the way they kill their prey. They get them in a nice convenient position, then they use their venom to hollow out their victim's insides, until they're just dead-eyed shells. To be killed in such a manner is my worst nightmare; perhaps I should ask TomTom how it feels.

Read more about the analysis from Gizmodo.

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