The Google Boys: Sergey Brin and Larry Page In Their Own Words

by George Beahm (Editor)

If you want to find something on the World Wide Web, you “Google” it. With its 1 million servers located around the world, the company handles over a billion search requests daily. But when the Internet first came online, people struggled to organize a seemingly infinite amount of information. Enter two computer science graduate students from Stanford, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and the $229 billion behemoth we now know as Google was born.

For the first time, the most thought-provoking, revealing, and inspiring quotes from Google's founders have been compiled into a single book. The Google Sergey Brin and Larry Page In Their Own Words is a comprehensive guidebook to the inner workings of Google's founders. Hundreds of their best quotes, comprising thoughts on business, management, entrepreneurship, technology, innovation, and life lessons, provide an intimate and direct look into the minds of these modern business icons.

They are now highly respected, established figures in the tech industry, but Page and Brin, unlike industry icons like Steve Jobs or Bill Gates, have spent as little time as possible in front of the media. As a result, when Larry Page and Sergey Brin give time to speak, people listen. Carefully.

Genres: Biography

160 pages, Paperback

First published August 12, 2014

About the author

George Beahm writes books about censorship, sports figures, and numerous literary figures, including Patricia Cornwell, J.K. Rowling, Stephenie Meyer, Philip Pullman, and others.

Reviews

[Ginan Aulia Rahman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Saya gak nyangka bisa menikmati buku ini, wkwk. Seru, singkat, dan langsung ke inti pelajaran dari Sergey Brin dan Larry Page

Buku The Google Boy berisi kutipan-kutipan perkataan Brin dan Page di berbagai media. Ada beberapa kutipan yang saya suka, salah satunya;

"Dalam memutuskan produk yang akan Google garap, kami bertanya "Apakah produk yang akan kita buat lebih sering kita gunakan daripada sikat gigi?"

Wkwkwk. Kegagalan pertama bagi produsen adalah memproduksi barang yang tidak pasar butuhkan. Pertanyaan tim Google di atas memang tepat banget untuk ditanyakan sebelum serius membuat produk.

Google sekarang besar banget dan terus berkembang. Rumus biar bisa kayak gitu adalah porsi 70/20/10. Maksudnya;

70% Google berfokus mengurusi area bisnis inti mereka, yakni search engine.
20% Google melakukan bisnis lain yang masih terkait bisnis inti.
10% sisanya adalah proyek spekulatif dan inovasi yang baru dan tidak terkait bisnis inti. Mereka menamakan proyek ini sebagai moon shooting. Misalnya mereka mengembangkan mobil yang bisa nyetir sendiri, energi terbarukan, dan lainnya.

Itulah cara Google terus berinovasi dan sukses.

Dan, sekali lagi saya dapat pelajaran tentang "duit itu ga penting2 banget" dari Brin dan Page. Kata mereka berdua; produk hebat tidak lahir dari ambisi nyari duit. Tapi dari keinginan untuk menyelesaikan masalah dan membantu orang banyak untuk lebih mudah hidupnya.

Google hadir untuk membantu kita mencari dan menghimpun informasi, di saat kita kebingungan dengan banyaknya informasi yang tersedia di internet. Kita sangat membutuhkan Google setiap waktu. itulah kenapa Kita lebih sering ngegoogling daripada nyikat gigi, kan?

[Rushi Dave · Rating 3 out of 5]

motivating story and learning tips for startups guys

[Hidayatullah Ibrahim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice ambitions of Google company, but the book is small definition

[Suvrat · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Google Boys is a collection of quotes, anecdotes, stories, and reflections from the Google founders themselves, as told to various interviewers throughout the years. It's a short read, with most quotes only taking a single page or less, making it an easy read for anyone who wants to get an inside look at the minds behind one of the most powerful companies in Silicon Valley.

[Richard Trus · Rating 5 out of 5]

A company that is part of your daily life - a great story of how Google came about.

[Shubham Srivastava · Rating 4 out of 5]

a wonderful way to look at google's journey so far...

[Mandar Kulkarni · Rating 2 out of 5]

Short read. Quotes by Google founders. One time read.