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Inside Larry and Sergey's Brain
An in-depth look at the strategies of Google's shockingly successful founders
You've used their products. You've heard about their skyrocketing wealth and "don't be evil" business motto. But how much do you really know about Google's founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin?
Inside Larry and Sergey's Brain skips past the general Google story and focuses on what really drives t...more
You've used their products. You've heard about their skyrocketing wealth and "don't be evil" business motto. But how much do you really know about Google's founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin?
Inside Larry and Sergey's Brain skips past the general Google story and focuses on what really drives t...more
Hardcover, 256 pages
Published
September 17th 2009
by Portfolio Hardcover
(first published 2009)
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I've seen other books about the duo, Larry and Sergey, and have, in fact, sold them through my online bookstore (courtesy of Amazon.com) but this is the first time I took time out to read about them from a book. I've not read much about the duo except from news articles mostly from the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. And from this book, I learned more about interesting information from them. Of course, I could have just done a google to learn updates on them but I think this book got me...more
Not as good as "Inside Steve's brain" about Steve Jobs but still pretty interesting. Here are some take-aways from the guys who started Google:
"Larry and Sergey like to run the company based on data. They pride themselves on taking a very disciplined, scientific approach to solving problems. Their view is that information is the basis for almost all the decisions anybody makes. The more information you can get, the more credible the information is, the more likely you are to make a good decisio...more
"Larry and Sergey like to run the company based on data. They pride themselves on taking a very disciplined, scientific approach to solving problems. Their view is that information is the basis for almost all the decisions anybody makes. The more information you can get, the more credible the information is, the more likely you are to make a good decisio...more
I enjoyed this book. I don't think it sugar-coated Google's massive power, nor did it take it to task too much. I think that this book generally improved my opinion of Sergey and Larry. I hope that they can continue to "do the right thing" when squeezed by the telecoms, wireless vultures, etc. The update at the end was helpful as well, as the main text was a bit out of date. Read on my Kindle
A must-read biograpy on leadership for knowledge workers, managers, directors, C-levels, and entrepreneurs.
It's fascinating to learn about Google's mission. These two computer geeks have huge ambitions for the scientific world. I developed a new perspective for web search engine technology and the people behind it.
Inspirational book to those who want to do something different. How google established and the reason behind its success is awesome to know
one of those good business books but not too cheesy :)
total insight of minds of larry and sergey,,,
This book was a second edition so most of the information was stuff I had read in the paper or seen on the news. Really nothing here to get excited about.
not that good. the book seems like a bunch of blogs put together, doesn't appeal to the intellect.
The book gives you a great insight into the minds and works of Larry and Sergey. Though it was not all that gripping, and you tend to get bored at places, but being a non-fiction book it is fantastically written. A definite one time read if you are a google fan.
Inspiring! I have a better view of what google is all about...
It was not upto the mark, but was nice!!
Jan 16, 2010
Ana
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I loved "Inside Steve's Brain" so much that I had great expectations for this one. Also, it's the first time I'm reading a book about the company I work for. That's cool!
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