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"Here is the story behind one of the most remarkable Internet successes of our time. Based on scrupulous research and extraordinary access to Google, the book takes you inside the creation and growth of a company whose name is a favorite brand and a standard verb recognized around the world. Its stock is worth more than General Motors’ and Ford’s combined, its staff eats for free in a dining room that used to be run by the Grateful Dead’s former chef, and its employees traverse the firm’s colorful Silicon Valley campus on scooters and inline skates. THE GOOGLE STORY is the definitive account of the populist media company powered by the world’s most advanced technology that in a few short years has revolutionized access to information about everything for everybody everywhere. In 1998, Moscow-born Sergey Brin and Midwest-born Larry Page dropped out of graduate school at Stanford University to, in their own words, “change the world” through a search engine that would organize every bit of information on the Web for free. While the company has done exactly that in more than one hundred languages, Google’s quest continues as it seeks to add millions of library books, television broadcasts, and more to its searchable database. Readers will learn about the amazing business acumen and computer wizardry that started the company on its astonishing course; the secret network of computers delivering lightning-fast search results; the unorthodox approach that has enabled it to challenge Microsoft’s dominance and shake up Wall Street. Even as it rides high, Google wrestles with difficult choices that will enable it to continue expanding while sustaining the guiding vision of its founders’ mantra: DO NO EVIL."
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"Must read to know the Google Story. It is the definitive account of the populist media company powered by the world’s most advanced technology that in a few short years has revolutionized access to information about everything for everybody everywhere. "
— Pradeep (5 out of 5 stars)
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“[The authors] do a fine job of recounting Google’s rapid rise and explaining its search business.”
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“An interesting read on a powerhouse company…if you haven’t read anything about one of today’s most influential companies, you should. If you don’t read The Google Story, you’re missing a few extra treats.
— USA Today -
“An intriguing insider view of the Google culture.”
— Harvard Business Review
The Google Story Listener Reviews
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" One of the most interesting stories of the most successful tech-startup. "
— Aseem, 6/16/2011 -
" A powerful story mediocrely told. Definitely not recommended for anyone wanting a real insight into Google. Patchy narrative, not gripping. "
— Deepak, 5/11/2011 -
" All I can is that I fell in love with Google - more "
— Samyuktha, 5/3/2011 -
" Talvez o livro fundamental sobre a história do Google. É bem didático, ainda que muito pouco crítico. Estou pesquisando a vida do Larry Page. "
— Pedro, 4/5/2011 -
" It gave me an inside view to one of the world's most influential companies. It was interesting but did not contain anything really outstanding. "
— Robert, 3/10/2011 -
" A company I admire. Its great to to read that a giant came out of a small nevertheless mighty app which made google a verb. "
— Joseph, 1/11/2011
About the Authors
David A. Vise, formerly a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter for the Washington Post, he is a senior advisor to New Mountain Capital, a New York-based private equity firm, and to New Mountain Vantage, the firm’s public equity fund. He is the author of three previous books, including the New York Times bestseller The Bureau and the Mole.
Mark Malseed has contributed to the Washington Post, Boston Herald, Moment, and other publications. The former researcher to Bob Woodward, he is a consultant to ChaCha and cofounder of OhMyGov.com.
About Stephen Hoye
Stephen Hoye has worked as a professional actor in London and Los Angeles for more than thirty years. Trained at Boston University and the Guildhall in London, he has acted in television series and six feature films and has appeared in London’s West End. His audiobook narration has won him fifteen AudioFile Earphones Awards.