Makes oodles of money. Runs a monopoly (search). Hires smart people with puzzles (golf balls). Based on a me-too-yet-more successful product (search, adwords). Full of big wild eyed bets (self driving cars). And full of big clone-it-better-and-lose-money-for-market-share projects (gmail, maps, android). Under-appreciated for some truly visionary products (glass).
TBD: won’t find another monopoly.
Microsoft key to the above
– money
– PC software
– golf balls
– windows, office
– Microsoft Research
– IE, Xbox
– Innovations…hmm. Bob?