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> [Amazon has suffered quarters-long profit droughts. Alphabet has given its investors agita over profligate spending on non-core products. Microsoft's growth - if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-lashinsky/amazon-has-suffered-quarters-long-profit-droughts-alphabet-has-given/)

[Adam Lashinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-lashinsky/)

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> [Porat is among a handful of top people who work for both Alphabet and Google. As such, there's a regular cadence to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-lashinsky/porat-is-among-a-handful-of-top-people-who-work-for-both-alphabet-and/)

[Adam Lashinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-lashinsky/)

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> [Alphabet would be a holding company to house its wackier or noncore efforts - like its Verily life sciences, Waymo self-driving cars,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-lashinsky/alphabet-would-be-a-holding-company-to-house-its-wackier-or-noncore/)

[Adam Lashinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-lashinsky/)

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## More by Adam Lashinsky

> [“The reason you have committees is that you have divided responsibilities,” Jobs said. “We don’t. At Apple you can figure out exactly who is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-lashinsky/the-reason-you-have-committees-is-that-you-have-divided/)

[Adam Lashinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-lashinsky/)

> [Groceries, TV shows, and shoes are a few categories Amazon has been willing to hang onto for years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-lashinsky/groceries-tv-shows-and-shoes-are-a-few-categories-amazon-has-been/)

[Adam Lashinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-lashinsky/)

> [Amazon has suffered quarters-long profit droughts. Alphabet has given its investors agita over profligate spending on non-core products. Microsoft's growth - if not its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-lashinsky/amazon-has-suffered-quarters-long-profit-droughts-alphabet-has-given/)

[Adam Lashinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-lashinsky/)

> [Chip maker Nvidia is the new old thing, an overnight success story years in the making that is having its moment and then some.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-lashinsky/chip-maker-nvidia-is-the-new-old-thing-an-overnight-success-story/)

[Adam Lashinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-lashinsky/)

> [“George Blankenship, a top executive of Apple’s retail initiative when it began, explained the very real link between storytelling and driving demand.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-lashinsky/george-blankenship-a-top-executive-of-apple-s-retail-initiative-when/)

[Adam Lashinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-lashinsky/)

> [Apple is a military-like command-and-control organization where people lower down in the organization manage up. They are constantly preparing their boss who may be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-lashinsky/apple-is-a-military-like-command-and-control-organization-where/)

[Adam Lashinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-lashinsky/)

> [“The trick with selling breakthrough products is to explain them clearly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-lashinsky/the-trick-with-selling-breakthrough-products-is-to-explain-them/)

[Adam Lashinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-lashinsky/)

> [Roku collects money two ways: by selling hardware, which it calls 'players'; and by selling advertising and taking a cut of revenues from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-lashinsky/roku-collects-money-two-ways-by-selling-hardware-which-it-calls/)

[Adam Lashinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-lashinsky/)

> [As the finish line for 2017 begins to come into focus, I'm beginning to wonder what an Uber turnaround would look like.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-lashinsky/as-the-finish-line-for-2017-begins-to-come-into-focus-i-m-beginning/)

[Adam Lashinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-lashinsky/)

> [“Ive’s dreamy insistence on a stainless-steel bezel for iPhones and industrial-grade glass for iPads, for instance, paid off in a way that managers worried…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-lashinsky/ive-s-dreamy-insistence-on-a-stainless-steel-bezel-for-iphones-and/)

[Adam Lashinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-lashinsky/)

> [“I always considered part of my job was to keep the quality level of people in the organizations I work with very high. That’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-lashinsky/i-always-considered-part-of-my-job-was-to-keep-the-quality-level-of/)

[Adam Lashinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-lashinsky/)

> [Chinese companies, in their well-capitalized, rapidly growing, and surprisingly lightly regulated markets, have become global innovation leaders.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-lashinsky/chinese-companies-in-their-well-capitalized-rapidly-growing-and/)

[Adam Lashinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-lashinsky/)

> [“PC makers put crapware on their computers—antivirus software, subscription offers, and so on—precisely because the revenue is lucrative. Apple forgoes such opportunities time and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-lashinsky/pc-makers-put-crapware-on-their-computers-antivirus-software/)

[Adam Lashinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-lashinsky/)

> [Innovation has its limits, of course, and Salesforce has proved adept at supplementing its growth with acquisitions, a tool long available to older rivals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-lashinsky/innovation-has-its-limits-of-course-and-salesforce-has-proved-adept/)

[Adam Lashinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-lashinsky/)

> [“Blankenship described Tesla’s version, an obvious homage to Apple marketing, regarding how to sell its $150,000-plus Roadster. “Zero to sixty in 3.7 seconds,” he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-lashinsky/blankenship-described-tesla-s-version-an-obvious-homage-to-apple/)

[Adam Lashinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-lashinsky/)

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