Google Plus
product on 3 shows · 5 statements across 3 episodes
5 statements about Google Plus, every show
Google Tied Company-Wide Employee Bonuses Directly to the Success of Google+
“Company-wide bonuses were based on the success of Google Plus.”
Google+ Was the Company's Equivalent to Microsoft's Disastrous Windows Vista
“This was Google's Windows Longhorn slash Windows Vista. In our Microsoft saga, we talked about how Vista slash Longhorn was the most damaging thing to the company because of the distraction and the siphoning of resources and the best talent away from working o…”
Google Buzz and Google+ were driven by competitive fear, says Paul Adams
“I think a lot of the motivation for those projects came from a place of fear. You know, it didn't come from a place of let's make a great product for people. Let's like really understand the things people struggle with when communicating with family and friend…”
Google segregated the Google+ team in a restricted, keycard-access-only building
“Google had done a lot of things at the time that, that, that were the first for them. I don't know if they've done them since, but things like everyone worked in Google plus was sent to a different building that building a different key card. If you didn't wor…”
Lieb: Google Photos team was originally spun out of Google+
“There were a bunch of people that were on the existing, we kind of spun the team out of the Google Plus team, and there were a bunch of folks who signed up to build social, right? They were very excited about social, and that's awesome, but we were very clear,…”