He turned down Google - great read

by RealTimePlease

Posted: 14 years ago 13 replies

OFF TOPIC

This is not ME but from the forum.

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I met both Carl Page and Larry Page at a party hosted by a Stanford friend of mine in 1998. Carl gave me his card for eGroups and said "we're hiring". Larry gave me his card for Google—a flimsy bit of paper obviously printed by bubble jet—and said "we're hiring".
I said, "Nah, who needs another search engine?" and went to graduate school.
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What's the most expensive mistake you've made at work?

Well that got to be one of the worst decisions in his life - hope he has a great wife :-)

What do you think?

#google #great #read #turned

Owen Smith 14 years ago

Who is this regarding?

Regards
Owen
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RealSocialSignals 14 years ago

Who said life isn't full of regrets!

Do you wish you had said yes?
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RealTimePlease 14 years ago

Not a public person - but there is a link to Larry Page's first business card.
http://i.imgur.com/pbwUS.jpg

Printed on a bubble jet :-) Awesome
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- sbucciarel Banned 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by RealTimePlease
  
  Not a public person - but there is a link to Larry Page's first business card.
  http://i.imgur.com/pbwUS.jpg
  
  Printed on a bubble jet :-) Awesome
  
  lol ... that's an ugly ass business card. Typical of the geeky Google nerds. I love the pic I saw of a Google "party" where all the Google people had on khaki pants and a blue shirt. Real hot numbers and boy do they know how to party.
  
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  Richard Van 14 years ago
  
  Thats amazing to see what Google is now and then that business card!
  
  I guess it's been a while but it's like going back in a time machine. I'm really glad you posted that. I always see google as this all powerful thing and when you see that and it's humble (ish) beginnings it makes you realise what people can achieve.
  
  I wonder if Larry still has a few of those cards? I also wonder what Larry could sell those cards for now??
  
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- Don Schenk 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by RealTimePlease
  
  Not a public person - but there is a link to Larry Page's first business card.
  http://i.imgur.com/pbwUS.jpg
  
  Printed on a bubble jet :-) Awesome
  
  I wonder if his email still works.
  
  :-Don
  
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ijohnson 14 years ago

LOL!

Yeah, I would hate to be the significant other who is still punching the clock years later and reminded daily of a golden opportunity lost!! We probably wouldn't even be together because the animosity would be too much to bare!

It's almost like deciding to NOT play the lottery numbers you play religiously every week then have all of your numbers come out for a $200m jackpot (with NO winner)!!!! I think depression would set in so deep you would . . . .
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sonamlama 14 years ago

yea...his wife must have to have the late "Mother Teresa" like qualities to be that
understanding haha

But seriously, we've all got regrets, but this guy nor Larry Page for that matter had any idea Google would become the powerhouse that is today. So, you can be too hard on the guy.

As for Larry's business card...I don't think it looks THAT bad.

I mean it's got all the essentials that you would need on a business card and has the same basic mixture of colors he still uses today for the symbol for "GOOGLE".

Nonetheless, it just goes to show how WE ALL start from somewhere, and often times it's from really humble beginnings.
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RealTimePlease 14 years ago

You should read the book "The google story" - awesome read about how they started it all.
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- swtsubmit 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by RealTimePlease
  
  You should read the book "The google story" - awesome read about how they started it all.
  
  I'll have to check that out too. Never remebered to search for that.
  
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JustinDupre 14 years ago

Do they have The Google Story in eBook.. look like a good read.. I'm definitely going to check it out soon.
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Rus Sells 14 years ago

I regret not buying 1000 shares of AOL when it was on the cheap, that was back in 1991. Still kicking myself for that one!

I actually thought, WTF is online and who the hell cares! No one is going to go for it! WRONG!!!
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Ashley Skuse 14 years ago

Ahh Larry Page is a great entrepreneur, possibly one of the best of all time. But as for the guy that turned down working for him, it clearly was just not meant to be. Google would have never worked if they hadn't started with a team of motivated people that truly always believed in the project!
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