Episode 115 — Business Matters

Ben and James discuss Google I/O, the importance of business relative to technology, and why Uber is in trouble.

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Links

• Ben Thompson: Boring Google — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2017/boring-google)

• Ben Thompson: Google’s Go-to-Market — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2016/googles-go-to-market-gap)

• How Uber and Waymo Ended Up Rivals in the Race for Driverless Cars — New York Times (nytimes.com/2017/05/17/technology/silicon-vall…)

• Ben Thompson: Does Uber Have a Strategy Problem? — Stratechery Daily Update (stratechery.com/2016/does-uber-have-a-strategy…)

Hosts

• Ben Thompson, @benthompson (twitter.com/benthompson), Stratechery (stratechery.com)

• James Allworth, @jamesallworth (twitter.com/jamesallworth), Harvard Business Review (hbr.org/search?term=James+Allworth&sort=po…)

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