There are basically no companies that have good slow decisions. There are only companies that have good fast decisions. Larry Page More Quotes by Larry Page More Quotes From Larry Page Our mission is to organize the world's information. Clearly, the more information we have when we do a search, the better it's going to work. Larry Page information technology world The ultimate search engine would basically understand everything in the world, and it would always give you the right thing. And we're a long, long ways from that. Larry Page technology intelligent giving We have a mantra: don't be evil, which is to do the best things we know how for our users, for our customers, for everyone. So I think if we were known for that, it would be a wonderful thing. Larry Page entrepreneur evil thinking The "Be good" concept also comes up when we design our products. We want them to have positive social effects. Larry Page design social want If your business is static, you're likely to have issues. Larry Page static issues ifs We try to, when you come to Google, fulfill that need that you have as quickly as possible. Larry Page google trying needs It is a tremendous responsibility for us to have all the eyes focused on what we do and give people exactly what they need when they ask for it. Larry Page technology eye responsibility You need to invent things and you need to get them to people. You need to commercialize those inventions. Obviously, the best way we've come up with doing that is through companies. Larry Page people way needs I have always believed that technology should do the hard work - discovery, organization, communication - so users can do what makes them happiest: living and loving, not messing with annoying computers! That means making our products work together seamlessly. Larry Page communication hard-work mean I have over 2 million followers now on Google Plus. Larry Page google plus followers The Web is a vast collection of completely uncontrolled heterogeneous documents. Larry Page documents collections internet If you say you want to automate cars and save people's lives, the skills you need for that aren't taught in any particular discipline. I know - I was interested in working on automating cars when I was a Ph.D. student in 1995. Larry Page discipline skills people As devices multiply and usage changes, many users coming online today may never use a desktop machine, it becomes more and more important to ensure that people can access all of their stuff anywhere. Larry Page technology important people How exciting is it to come to work if the best you can do is trounce some other company that does roughly the same thing? Larry Page company exciting doe I remember turning in my first assignment in elementary school using the computer and the teachers were kind of confused that I had printed it. Larry Page confused teacher school We believe strongly that in the long term, we will be better served - as shareholders and in all other ways - by a company that does good things for the world even if we forgo some short term gains. This is an important aspect of our culture and is broadly shared within the company. Larry Page business long believe Lots of companies don’t succeed over time. What do they fundamentally do wrong? They usually miss the future. I try to focus on that: What is the future really going to be? And how do we create it? And how do we power our organization to really focus on that and really drive it at a high rate? When I was working on Android, I felt guilty. It wasn’t what we were working on, it was a start-up, and I felt guilty. That was stupid! It was the future. Larry Page focus organization stupid You’re going to have some very amazing capabilities in the economy. When we have computers that can do more and more jobs, it’s going to change how we think about work. There’s no way around that. You can’t wish it away. Larry Page wish jobs thinking We have always wanted Google to be a company that is deserving of great love. But we recognize this is an ambitious goal because most large companies are not well-loved, or even seemingly set up with that in mind. We're lucky to have a very direct relationship with our users, which creates a strong incentive for us to do the right thing . Larry Page strong ambition love As a precaution, we’re making machines extremely heavy with very tiny legs. Larry Page tiny legs machines
