Strategy question

Should Google get into the ticketing market? If so, what would you build?

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What this question tests

Market entry reasoning: assessing whether a new market fits existing strengths before proposing a specific product.

Assess existing assets relevant to ticketing, event listings in search, venue data in maps, and an existing payment product.
Assess the competitive landscape, an incumbent's dominance and the antitrust scrutiny it already faces, which could be an opening or a risk.
Decide on entry strategy, rather than competing head on for concerts, focus on aggregating ticket availability and prices across existing sellers.
Propose the specific product, a ticket search and price comparison layer within search and maps, directing users to complete purchase on the actual ticketing site.
Define success metrics, ticket search to click through rate and partner ticketing sites' willingness to integrate.

Chooses a specific entry point, aggregation and comparison rather than becoming a full ticketing seller, avoiding a costly head on fight with exclusive venue contracts.
Draws a direct, relevant analogy to an existing flight comparison product's model of aggregating and linking out rather than fulfilling bookings directly.
Names a real market condition, current antitrust pressure on the dominant incumbent, as a reason the timing for a comparison product might be favorable.

Proposing a full competing ticketing platform with no acknowledgment of the incumbent's exclusive venue relationships.
No mention of relevant existing assets that could lower the cost of entry.
Giving a yes or no with no concrete product proposal.

How would you convince ticketing partners to integrate with a comparison product?
What would make you recommend against entering this market at all?