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Google’s “20% time,” which brought you Gmail and AdSense, is now as good as dead

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mattstocum ◴[16 Aug 13 12:45 UTC] No.6223613[source]▶
And how many failed projects came out of 20% time?
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1. donw ◴[16 Aug 13 13:02 UTC] No.6223692[source]▶
Failure is a prerequisite for success, though. As long as those failures were inspected, digested, and understood, then the company gained more in terms of training than they lost in operational costs.