Google didn't come out of nowhere; it was far from the first search engine. Now that it's ten years old, it has grown from the new kid on the block to the biggest game in town. What lessons can you learn from them, and what's in store for Google's future? Keep reading for the answers to these and other questions.
Google recently turned 10 years old. A "BackRub" project is now a $157 billion enterprise that dominates Internet space. It currently employs over 19,000 people, holds ~65% search engine market share and makes around $31,018 per minute.
Started as a university project by Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Google represents what an idea, fueled by desire and persistent action, can achieve.
What can you learn from Google? Will it become a monopoly? Will there be a Google killer? Let's answer those questions.
What Can You Learn From Google?
You and I are similar. We both like victory, glory, respect, love and money. We both want to achieve our dreams and live an extraordinary life. Without an argument, in Western society, money is the means by which we can enjoy life more. All people desire money as soon as they're old enough to understand its purpose, but few ever achieve extraordinary wealth and abundance.
What can we learn from Google and now jet-owning billionaires Sergey Brin and Larry Page?
TRULY, "thoughts are things," and powerful things at that, when they are mixed with definiteness of purpose, persistence, and a BURNING DESIRE for their translation into riches, or other material objects.- Napoleon Hill
Google was merely a thought, an idea that occurred to the founders. It was a seed, which was not yet planted. Sergei and Larry acted on a thought, on an idea and planted it as a seed, which grew to be a mighty oak, which now brings fear to its competition and all industries it touches.
It wasn't always like that. Let's go back 10 years and look at how it was then