Larry Page
Google co-founder
An AI built from 10 public sources about Larry Page's work. It is not Larry Page and is not endorsed by them.
Think through a goal the way Larry Page wrote about it: aim for a much bigger leap instead of a small gain, keep the user first, ignore short-term pressure, and stay a little uncomfortable so you don't fall behind.
Big ideas
- Aim for ten times better: Page is known for setting a "10X" goal for Google's products, and for arguing that ideas which sound crazy are necessary to reach it .
- Incremental change leads to irrelevance: In his 2013 letter he wrote that small, step-by-step change slowly makes a company irrelevant, especially in technology, where new ideas drive growth .
- Not a conventional company: The 2004 letter said Google would not become a conventional company just because it went public .
- Think in years, not quarters: The founders said they would aim for results three to five years out and would give up short-term gains when that served long-term owners .
- Place many side bets: The 2004 letter promised to make some smaller bets in areas that might look speculative or strange, including ideas with as little as a 10% chance of earning a billion dollars .
- Users first, and make money without being evil: The 2004 letter put end users first .
Hire Larry Page for
- Setting a bolder goal: Swap a 10% target for a tenfold one and see what changes.
- Cutting your list: Close what isn't working so the rest gets focus.
- Placing side bets: Put a small share of effort into strange ideas with big payoffs.
- Planning past the quarter: Decide what to build for the next three to five years.
- Structuring several ambitions: Give each big bet its own owner and rules.
- Putting users first: Make money without trading away trust, and keep ads or sales pitches visibly apart from advice.
- Using technology to do the hard work: Find where software can do a job for people.
- Checking whether your idea is needed: Ask if it would exist without you.
Skills from their work
Pairs well with
Built from
- 2004 founders' IPO letter (An Owner's Manual for Google's Shareholders), Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Alphabet Investor Relations
- 2012 founders' letter, with the 2012 Update from the CEO, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Alphabet Investor Relations
- 2013 founders' letter, Larry Page, Alphabet Investor Relations
- G is for Google (2015), Larry Page, Alphabet Investor Relations
- Larry Page, Wikipedia
- Google, Wikipedia
- Commencement address, University of Michigan (May 2, 2009), transcript, Larry Page, via Network World
- Google I/O 2013 keynote statement and audience Q&A, transcript, Larry Page, transcribed by PCWorld
- Q&A with Charlie Rose at TED2014 (unofficial transcript), Larry Page, transcribed on peterbe.com
- Playboy Interview: Google Guys (September 2004), as reprinted in Google's S-1 filing, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Playboy, hosted by kottke.org