Why did Google buy Motorola for $12.5 billion and sell it off for $2.91 billion? - Quora

Answer: Google’s move was a strategic masterpiece.​ It positioned itself as a m.​.​.​ Top Stories from Your Feed Your Quora Digest Why did Google buy Motorola for $12.5 billion and sell it off for $2.91 billion? Dhruv Sangvikar 3k votes Google’s move was a strategic masterpiece. It positioned itself as a major smart phone player without actually owning any hardware manufacturing business unit in the end. T... Read More » Why do rich people work even after they become rich? Why don't they play? David S. Rose, Entrepreneur, Investor, Mentor 1.2k votes My father, who received the E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year Award a few years ago (he's now 85!) says that for him, "being a real estate developer is like getting to play Mono... Read More » What are the best examples of rich people doing things themselves that they could easily pay to have done for them? Katie Hoban, intersectional technocrat 3.3k votes I went to a private boarding school (on a merit-based scholarship) in the fourth richest community in the United States. The average per capita income was $104,920, and my ... Read More » How can one become part of the 1%? Amar Essa, software engineering /property develo... 440 votes I was homeless and had 3k to my name , 2 years later I had $1m , simple rule: Make a rich person richer and take your cut ... Read More » What problems do billionaires tend to have? Ben Mezrich 3.3k votes Billionaires have the same problems as everyone else- except for ones that involve money. They have family members that piss them off and girlfriends that don’t call them b... Read More » What kind of mentality differentiates billionaires from millionaires, and "ordinary people"? Alex Moore 1.4k votes I live and work in Tech/SF/Silicon Valley. I know a few billionaires, a TON of millionaires and even more ordinary folks. The main thing I see, at least in the tech commu... Read More » Why don't IIT/IIM graduates have government service bonds as medical graduates? Don't they have social responsibilities towards nations? Balaji Viswanathan, Teacher and a Product Manager. 444 votes A better question is, why does the government make the Indian medical students sign a legal bond to guarantee their return post their higher studies abroad. Because, underl... Read More » Why does M. S. Dhoni always take back a stump after winning a match? Abhilash Mankar 15.8k votes When questioned about it in an interview to the BCCI.tv, Dhoni said: “That’s my retirement plan. The good thing is that I do collect a lot of stumps but the bad one is I do... Read More » If my bank mistakenly injects $1,000,000 into my account, am I legally allowed to spend it before they realize their mistake? Garrick Saito 590 votes Bank makes an error. No law against that. Honest mistake, happens all the time. Bank corrects the error. No law against that. They've simply reversed what was not supp... Read More » Where was Barack Obama during 9/11 and how did he react to it? Stephanie Vardavas, I wonder. 734 votes He was a member of the Illinois State Senate at the time. Illinois Senate career of Barack Obama A few days after the 9/11 attacks he wrote an essay published in the Hyde ... Read More »   Read More in Your Feed This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). Quora is the best answer to any question. Unsubscribe from this email.