• Google began in January 1996 as a research project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin when they were both PhD students at Stanford University in California. History of Google • Page and Brin originally nicknamed their new search engine "BackRub"‚ because the system checked back links to estimate the importance of a site. • Eventually‚ they changed the name to Google‚ originating from a misspelling of the word “googol"‚ the number one followed by one hundred zeros‚ which was picked
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Motivation Larry Page and Sergey Brin‚ the founders of Google Inc.‚ did not want to apply the traditional culture of corporation based on extrinsic rewards system only and where employees are stuck in a cubicle for hours without sharing ideas or experiences. As the traditional “Do a great job and you will be recompensed with a increment in your salary”. Larry Page and Sergey Brin‚ wanted to create something more‚ an innovative culture in which Human Resources will be call “People operations”‚
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hindered our ability to communicate and interact with people across the world have diminished. Globalization has become ingrained in all fields: business‚ government‚ economic‚ social. Google began in 1996 as a project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Larry and Sergey were both studying at Stanford University California. In their research project they came up with a plan to make a search engine that ranked websites according to the number of other websites that linked to that site (and ultimately came
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up of many stockholders like most companies‚ however‚ the founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page set up Google in a way that they will always be in control of the company. What Brin and Page did was set up a two class voting structure for stockholder’s ownership in the company. The founders Brin and Page have 10 votes for each share in Google‚ although the public will only get one vote for one share. Ultimately‚ this will keep Brin and Page in control of Google and eliminate the potential that someday
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the important point. A leader will be considered a leader based on the outcomes that he produces‚ rather than the decisions he makes to reach the outcomes. An example of this is Steve Jobs’ preferred methods of leadership versus Larry Page and Sergey Brin’s methods: tyrannical versus open-minded. Both Apple and Google are leading players in the mobile phone field‚ but are run with completely opposite mentalities. Steve Jobs is quoted as being “interpersonally immature” (Katzenbach‚ 2012‚ para
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~ Searching for shareholders Keynotes An Initial Public Offering (IPO) takes place when a private company raises capital by introducing its shares on the stock market and becomes a public limited company (plc). Before a private company can go public‚ it must comply with the requirements of the regulators of the stock exchange (Securities Exchange Commission in the US) and file an application giving full details of its accounts. Most companies prefer to use the services of -.‚’"~‚ an investment
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driverless cars generate both positive and negative outcomes on society. The Google car creates equal opportunities for those who cannot drive. Sergey Brin‚ Google’s co-founder‚ states that “Too many people are underserved by the current transport system. They are blind‚ or to young to driver‚ or too old‚ or intoxicated” (Naughton). These people that Brin refers to are currently incapable of operating a vehicle and have a dependence on others for transportation. In the near future‚ once the Google
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1. Do you think Google will be able to maintain its entrepreneurial culture in spite of its recent growth and increased size? Why or why not? The book refers to entrepreneurship as identification‚ evaluation‚ and exploitation of opportunities. Entrepreneurship is defined by businessdictionary.com as the capacity and willingness to undertake conception‚ organization‚ and management of a productive venture with all attendant risks‚ while seeking profit as a reward. Entrepreneurial spirit is characterized
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California Post: Co-Founder and CEO of Google Inc Education: B.Sc. from University of Michigan & M.Sc. from Stanford University Awards: Marconi (2004); TR100 (2002) HISTORY: Establish Google Inc in 1998 with Co-founder Sergey Brin Run Google Inc. as co-president along Brin till 2001 4th April 2011 officially become CEO of Google Inc Ranking in 20th World’s Billionaires according to the Forbes result April 2013; 13th in richest person in United States net worth calculated in September 2013
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Google was founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page in 1998. In mid-1990s the Internet was emerging and the quest for getting relevant data from the Internet had begun. The solutions provided by Yahoo and AltaVista were not adequate to fill this requirement. In 1996‚ Larry Page and Brin who were at that time PhD students at Stanford‚ got together to answer this question. They developed a ranking based Internet search algorithm which prioritized results based on relevance. In 1997 they made it available
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