Episode description
Ben and David continue the cloud productivity saga with Google Docs. They examine the suite of acquisitions made by Google with a focus on Writely in 2006. They tackle:
- The nuts and bolts of the Upstartle (company behind Writely) acquisition, founded by Sam Schillace, Steve Newman and Claudia Carpenter.
- SaaS offerings in cloud productivity today.
- Was this a good idea for Google?
- Google's future bets.
- A new section: The Carve Out!
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