Why Is Google Not Afraid To Fail?

In the past couple weeks Google has shut down two of its latest failures. The first true Google phone the Nexus One and Google Wave.These failures are just a string of bad misses that Google has come up with in the past several years. See “10 Google Flubs, Flops, and Failures” That being said, why do you think Google keeps trying its hand at products and services with the best of intentions only to have them fail?

Heck, the first name the Google founders choose for their search engine failed. Imagine us all going around saying, Did you “Backrub” the name of Micheal Jackson to see how many tribute websites come up? or I bet you can find that street address on “Backrub” maps.

Well I say Google’s failures are our gain. For every Google failure there is at least 2-3 success stories. Case in point. In the last year how many times have you searched for something using Google search, sent and email using Gmail, or Watched a video on Youtube? How many of you are now making calls with your Android powered cell phone, listening to your voicemail using Google Voice while locating your favorite restaurant on Google maps.

We could go on and on about some of the awesome tools Google has created but the more I think about it the more I am convinced that the founders of Google are from the school of Thomas Edison and Abraham Lincoln. It took thousands of filaments to fail until one finally burned long enough to make the light bulb a success. It took Abraham Lincoln 15 years of many political defeats and failures to finally become our 16th president.

So, I say continue to fail Google. Continue to go out on a limb and try to prove us all wrong with yet another product or service destined for the scrap heap.  Every time you fail you make it easier for tech nerds like me to strive for that one shining moment of success.  You give people like me the will to stay the course and dream about one day turning our own “Backrub” into billions.

So, Solopreneurs. How many times have you failed?

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  • Nofanof AprilAsasinatns

    Abraham Lincoln was one of, if not, the most successful and prolific trial lawyers in central Illinois for years before becoming an Illinois State Legislator then a member of The House. Where his colleagues would gather around drink brandy, smoke cigars and listen to him tell stories. He would even tell jokes about his appearance. One of his favorites being that he was so ugly he didn’t know how his wife could stand the sight of himself.

    He did lose two bids for the Senate. If you read the history his first run for the Senate, in 1854, was in response to the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act which repealed The Missouri Compromise(which restricted the expansion of slavery west). He wound up endorsing the winner who also was against the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

    In1858, he won the popular vote but the Democrat Party won more seats and re-elected Douglas, his opponent. His debates with Douglas earned him national notoriety which led to him becoming President two years later.

    My point? 15 years of defeats? Really? Six years maybe, but thats a big maybe. When one thinks of a successful political career Abe Lincolns was pretty darned stellar.

  • http://www.2thenextlevel.com/blog JB

    Hey Nofanof,

    Thank you for that history lesson on Abraham Lincoln. It was very informative but I think you missed my point. I am applauding the tenacity and perseverance of of Abraham Lincoln and comparing it to Google. I have a picture of Abraham Lincoln in my home office. It sits just above my computer and it is titled “Perseverance” Please see the link in question of the Picture. http://bit.ly/d0r8UH. I may have embellished a little when it comes to his political career but his whole life was quite trying, yet he kept going and became one of our greatest Presidents.
    I do though, appreciate the time you took to write about Abraham Lincoln’s great political accomplishments. Thanks again for adding to the dialog.

    All the best

    JB

  • Nofanof AprilAsasinatns

    Great reply and that is a cool picture. I’m not a critical person I just felt compelled as I initially felt your analogy was absurd but I see your point now. In all actuality when you look at most careers of the majority of American Presidents they are one steady rise to the top. All victorious with successive terms and/or increasing in power and prestige. I guess it depends on how one looks at it. The political climate in Lincoln’s time was very tumultuous as well as the nation to say the least.

    By the way, very impressive web page!

  • http://www.2thenextlevel.com/blog JB

    Nofanof,

    I am glad you now see my point in all of this and I again appreciate your comment. That picture of Abraham Lincoln has been with me for many years. I even gave one to a good friend of mine to keep at her desk at work. We both look at it from time to time and just think of all the things President Lincoln went through to get to his appointment of leading our country. If he could endure all the trials and tribulations he went through back in the late 1800′s who are we to complain about our troubles. We must continue to stay the course.

    Thanks again for contributing to this post and thanks for the compliment on the web page.

    JB

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