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How Google Works


Jonathan Rosenberg and Eric Schmidt joined Google as business executives and they helped it grow from a start-up to a global icon. During their journey in Google they learnt about the company's leadership in the software driven era. This book is about the inner workings of Google as viewed by both of them. They describe Google's early years, especially with regard to the impact of Larry Page, co-founder of Google Inc. They talk about the importance of product excellence giving examples where they cut the lifeline on products that aren't succeeding in today's crowded market. How it is important for their products to have better design and functionality than the rest. They also discuss about their interview process for hiring smart people which is very critical in a technology company. And also how to lead an engineering and product led organization. An informative book about Google and leadership from the businessmen's perspective.

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