Google 2/7/13

We are watching a special on the creators of Google, Larry Page and Sergey Brin. From what I've gathered this was something Page shared with his Stanford University college professor before it ever came to light. Very close to graduating their Phd program at Stanford they both decided to drop out to persue this dream. There were already five other search engines out at the time. Page and brin were given $100,000.00 to start this company by a Stanford professor. They wanted to organize world information and get it to you at a much faster pace.Things didn't automatically take off by any means. One million dollars was raised by several investors to really get things going. Sequio Capital and Perkins wanted in on this venture shortly after this. The Google Place was the new headquarters, around the fridge during break times when they worked out of the garage were inspirational, so this tradition carried over. There was a very extensive hiring processing, for instance everyone had to show their SAT scores. Alot was going on but no money was coming in. Page and Sergey were in the beginning very much against ads but, soon had to change their minds on that. The home page created by Sergey was very plain in the beginning, his idea was quick movement. By September of 2000 Google had really taken off and surpassed the others. It was time for a Ceo, which Page and Sergey weren't so happy about. They were introduced to Eric Schmidt by one of their investors. Schmidt had a background in business and engineering. Google went public in August of 2004. They signed agreement with Chine 2006, it was pulled for security reasons but renewed in 2010.


Google has been through alot in it's years. It's a learning lesson, ups and downs. I think these 2 young men are very capable to continue to carry this company on through the years. There is no end to the growth potential at Google. Professional and private, I think they have it in the bag.