Google is now Alphabet - very interesting move by one of the biggest company in the world and it came out of nowhere. This may be in works and may have been triggered by motivation of creating CEO positions for very capable candidates like Sundar P and others. Congrats to another Indian CEO at major tech company. This move by Google triggered me thinking. What are various companies which would complete Alphabet's A-Z? Here is my take: A: Airbnb (Hospitality) B: Baidu (Search in biggest market) C: Calico (Biotech/Life Sciences) D: Dropbox (Storage) E: Expedia (Travel) F: Flipcart (India's biggest online marketplace) G: Google (of course) H: Hulu (complementary to YouTube) I: Instacart (Grocery shopping) J: Jawbone (Wearables) K: Kickstarter (Fund-raising) L: LinkedIn (Professional social network) M: MonDB (Database for app developers) N: Nest (Home Automation) O: OpenTable (Online restaurant reservation) P: PayPal (Payments) Q: Quora (Search based on Q&A)
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