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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

The Google Story!!


Most of you must have read this book..But for those who haven't read Buy a copy asap..!!
Google Story is the story of two geniuses--Larry Page and Sergey Brin.The story revolves around the creation of Search Engine known as "BackRub" to developing Page Rank Algorithm which finds only Relevant and most popular Links to the initial challenges in expanding the Project.
The main learnings out of this book is the attitude of two founders:
In one of Interviews Sergey Brin was asked : Do you think Google was highlight of your career?
To which he responds
I think it was the smallest of achievements that we hope to make in the next 20 years

The "Don't Give up" and "Don't be Evil" attitude is what Google boys have laid the foundation of one of the best Companies to work for..!
Google Story also portrays the initial struggle for Financing the project.Google boys get support from two Venture Capitalists of 25mn$ .The expansion of Google and it being a Private firm till 2004.The process through which Google IPO is introduced in market alongwith the clashes with SEC and the Patent Infringement fine it had to pay to Yahoo! for Overture's patent violations.
The story also in parallel brings an idea of how the Economy and Technology changed right from 1997-2005, an era where .Com revolution took place.
Learnings from this book :1) Insatiable hunger for Success 2) Don't give up (Preserverance) 3) Think for others, make a Product which is beneficial for all. 4)Have a vision of how things work so that you can execute your ideas into actions. 5) Always think Big 6) Passion for what you are doing 7) Innovation: The work culture envoronment and 20 % policy 8) Continuously transform your products.
So those who have not read , I hope you have got an idea of this book..!!

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