The Google Story

An insight into Google by David A. Vise and Mark Malseed. A little about the authors from the info I found at the book’s website. David has worked with Washington Post for 22 years as a reporter and at present he is the senior commentator of Breakingviews.com. David has written on various topics and The Google Story is his fourth book. His first book, Eagle on the street, written with Steve Coll won him the Pulitzer Prize, 1990. Malseed has been a researcher for well known journalist, Bob Woodward. He has been a guest commentator on the BBC, ABC News, etc. He has got extensive knowledge about travel and has written a travel column in Boston Herald and for several travel guides.Now, 'The Google Story'. This book is literally a story about Google. It describes in detail about the inception of Google, the obstacles Larry and Sergey had to face and how they overcame those obstacles. For example when they wanted to sell licenses of their search technology, the rejections they had to face, and how they dealt with it. And this was a blessing in disguise I should say. The book describes how the founders had tough times raising money. In fact its mentioned in the book that Google was formed when the founders received a check from their angel investor and it was in the name of Google Inc. I do not remember the name of the angel investor at present. The book describes how Eric Schmidt, the current CEO came into Google. The founders were actually forced to employ someone with a business perspective by their venture capitalists. They had delayed this for long and rejected a large number of candidates. They finally recruited Eric Schmidt, but even this guy had to find ways to develop a synergy with the founders, who were quiet resistant to him. Then the book discusses in detail the growth of Google to its present position. It is a must read for anyone interested in Google.