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 My job as a leader is to make sure everybody in the company has great opportunities, and that they feel they're having a meaningful impact and are contributing to the good of society. As a world, we're doing a better job of that. My goal is for Google to lead, not follow that. Larry Page business meaningful jobs I really like using my Samsung (005930:KS) tablet. I previously used the Motorola Xoom for a while and liked that. Larry Page samsung tablets used For me, privacy and security are really important. We think about it in terms of both: You can't have privacy without security. Larry Page privacy important thinking If you look at the people who have high impact, they have pretty general knowledge. They don't have a really narrowly focused education. Larry Page impact people looks If your access to health care involves your leaving work and driving somewhere and parking and waiting for a long time, that's not going to promote healthiness. Larry Page leaving waiting long If you ask an economist what’s driven economic growth, it’s been major advances in things that mattered - the mechanization of farming, mass manufacturing, things like that. The problem is, our society is not organized around doing that. Larry Page our-society growth problem Part of our brand is that we're pretty understated in what we do. If you look at other technology companies, they might preannounce things, and it will be a couple years before they really happen, and they don't happen in the way they said they would. Larry Page technology couple years We chose it because we deal with huge amounts of data. Besides, it sounds really cool. Larry Page data-collection thought-provoking sound If you can run the company a bit more collaboratively, you get a better result, because you have more bandwidth and checking and balancing going on. Larry Page partnership results running The Star Trek computer doesn't seem that interesting. They ask it random questions, it thinks for a while. I think we can do better than that. Larry Page technology stars thinking ...It's important to distinguish between "worry versus harm" when it came to privacy online. Larry Page privacy important worry As we transition from one screen to multiscreens, Google has enormous opportunities to innovate and drive ever higher monetization. Just like Search in 2000. Larry Page google technology opportunity We are excited about Internet access in general. With better access to the Internet, people do more searches. Larry Page internet-access excited people We should be focusing on building things that do not exist. Larry Page building-things building should Serving our end users is at the heart of what we do and remains our number one priority. Larry Page priorities heart numbers Google is not a conventional company. We do not intend to become one. Larry Page Since 2001, Eric has provided us with business and engineering expertise and a clear vision about the future of technology, continuing his 17 years of service to the company, he’ll now be helping us as a technical advisor on science and technology issues. I’m incredibly excited about the progress our companies are making, and about the strong leaders who are driving that innovation. Larry Page latest-headlines This new structure will allow us to keep tremendous focus on the extraordinary opportunities we have inside of Google. Larry Page company-news I like going to Burning Man, for example. An environment where people can try new things. I think as technologists we should have some safe places where we can try out new things and figure out the effect on society. What's the effect on people, without having to deploy it to the whole world. Larry Page man society people world Invention is not enough. Tesla invented the electric power we use, but he struggled to get it out to people. You have to combine both things: invention and innovation focus, plus the company that can commercialize things and get them to people. Larry Page you innovation power people