Some bits from the article:
- <<After much coaxing, in the middle of 2000, Page and Brin met with two computer scientists to be CEO. Both turned down the job. One thought he would be a CEO at Intel, the other didn't want to leave New York.>>
- <<Neither Larry nor Sergey have assistants. Page says it saves him time, because if people can contact an assistant they'll bombard the assistant with requests. If you want to email Page, you'll think twice before wasting his time.>>
- <<Auletta says Google tried and failed to buy Twitter. We've heard rumors about it, but reading it so plainly on the page was surprising. Especially, considering that Sergey Brin said he "did not try to buy Twitter," just two months ago.>>
- <<Eric Schmidt is skeptical about mobile, telling Auletta, "I would love to argue that mobile is the next business for us. I'm not sure it is." He's not sure how Google monetizes Android.>> |
How is that Mickey Mousian outfit's CEO "spending one hour a day surfing the web" relevant to the 10 things we didn't know about Google? Oh, I see, they meant 9 things. Odd number but I like it nevertheless.
http://www.businessinsider.com/what-we-learned-from-googled-2009-12#bob-iger-spends-one-hour-a-day-surfing-the-web-4 |
