Larry Page
Larry Page
Lawrence "Larry" Pageis an American computer scientist and an Internet entrepreneur who co-founded Google Inc. with Sergey Brin in 1998...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth26 March 1973
CityEast Lansing, MI
CountryUnited States of America
believe companies cycles hurt initial investors minimize share small suffered
Many companies have suffered from unreasonable speculation, small initial share float, and boom-bust cycles that hurt them and their investors in the long run. We believe that an auction-based IPO will minimize these problems.
believe innovation mobile targeting
We are targeting innovation. We believe mobile applications are essential.
believe thinking organization
Many leaders of big organizations, I think, don't believe that change is possible. But if you look at history, things do change, and if your business is static, you're likely to have issues.
business believe long
We believe strongly that in the long term, we will be better served - as shareholders and in all other ways - by a company that does good things for the world even if we forgo some short term gains. This is an important aspect of our culture and is broadly shared within the company.
believe technology opposites
We have always tried to concentrate on the long term, and to place bets on technology we believe will have a significant impact over time. It's hard to imagine now, but when we started Google most people thought search was a solved problem and that there was no money to be made apart from some banner advertising. We felt the exact opposite: that search quality was very poor, and that awesome user experiences would clearly make money.
believe want world
For a lot of companies, it's useful for them to feel like they have an obvious competitor and to rally around that. I personally believe it's better to shoot higher. You don't want to be looking at your competitors. You want to be looking at what's possible and how to make the world better.
adult deal lots might technology
There's lots of technology you can use to deal with those issues. There might be an adult section, or something like that. I don't think that is going to be a big issue.
accept companies earnings intend larger less line opposite pressure rather steer
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.
hard met needs trying user
We really don't think about it that way. We're trying hard to find user needs that aren't being met at all.
emerging generate google likely products revenue time
Over time, our emerging high-usage products will likely generate significant new revenue streams for Google as well as for our partners, just as search does today.
artistic component technology tried
I do think there is an important artistic component in what we do. As a technology company I've tried to really stress that.
dreams easier few people since
I think it is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. Since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition. In fact, there are so few people this crazy that I feel like I know them all by first name.
affects create everybody incredibly intuitive loves people services technology twice useful
We want to build technology that everybody loves using, and that affects everyone. We want to create beautiful, intuitive services and technologies that are so incredibly useful that people use them twice a day. Like they use a toothbrush. There aren't that many things people use twice a day.
accepted best high
This is the best day of my life. It's better than prom. It's better than anything in high school. It's better than getting accepted into college.