by Mike Moran Image by Getty Images via Daylife Google has arguably been a big company for many years now, but it did better than most not to act like one. Big companies run by the whims of its shareholders and creditors, but Sergey and Larry have taken pains to run the company their way and have precious little debt. Big companies suffer from top-down planning, but Google allows employees to spend 20% of their time on personally-selected projects. Big companies begin hiring mediocre employees as they rapidly expand, but the founders have made a personal focus on high standards pay off. But I see a tell-tale sign of big company disease setting in at Google, and if it is the start of a trend, it has great implications for Internet marketers. Somewhere, Steve Ballmer is laughing as he watches Google stumble with its message on its spanking new Android operating system and its even spanking newer Chrome OS

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Google Suffering from Big Company Disease

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