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Secrets of success from Google co-founder
January 5, 2009
We chose it (the name Google) because we deal with huge amounts of data. Besides, it sounds really cool.
The ultimate search engine... would understand exactly what you mean and give back exactly what you want.
Our company relies on having the trust of our users and using that information for their benefit. That's a very strong motivation for us. We're committed to that. If you start to mandate how products are designed, I think that's a really bad path to follow. I think instead we should have laws that protect the privacy of data, for example, from government requests and other kinds of requests.
Many companies are under pressure to keep their earnings in line with analysts' forecasts. Therefore, they often accept smaller, predictable earnings rather than larger and less predictable returns. Sergey and I feel this is harmful, and we intend to steer in the opposite direction.
We think a lot about how to maintain our culture and the fun elements. I don't know if other companies care as much about those things as we do. We spent a lot of time getting our offices right. We think it's important to have a high density of people. People are packed together everywhere. We all share offices. We like this set of buildings because it's more like a densely packed university campus than a typical suburban office park.
Image: Larry Page walks by a map of the world during keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, January 6, 2006. | Photograph: REUTERS/Steve Marcus
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