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One of the books Shaun rated five out of five.

The Google Story

David Vise

  • 5/5
  • Finished 2022
  • Memoir
  • small teams of 3 - 20% of time for projects
  • “have a healthy disregard for the impossible”
  • Always kept home page devoid of ads
  • Tight on infrastructure spending, generous on perks - laundry/hairstylist/dental/medical/car wash/ day care/fitness facility/masseuse/foosball/bean bags/palm trees
  • Announced Gmail with 500x more storage than hotmail, on Apr 1st, for the PR
  • Gmail had closed list of 1000users, who could then invite up to X friends
  • Chef at 45ppl - eliminate time going out to lunch, worrying about plans, sense of togetherness. Creates illusion you weren’t at work but were on a cruise/resort
  • Teams of 3-5ppl - leader is dubbed Uber Team Leader - no middle management
  • ‘Founders Awards’ - multi million dollar stock awards to small teams who develop best new ideas