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I'm Feeling Lucky
- The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59
- Narrated by: Douglas Edwards
- Length: 16 hrs and 14 mins
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Summary
Comparing Google to an ordinary business is like comparing a rocket to an Edsel. No academic analysis or bystander's account can capture it. Now Doug Edwards, Employee Number 59, offers the first inside view of Google, giving listeners a chance to fully experience the bizarre mix of camaraderie and competition at this phenomenal company.
Edwards, Google's first director of marketing and brand management, describes it as it happened. We see the first, pioneering steps of Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the company's young, idiosyncratic partners; the evolution of the company's famously nonhierarchical structure (where every employee finds a problem to tackle or a feature to create and works independently); the development of brand identity; the races to develop and implement each new feature; and the many ideas that never came to pass. Above all, Edwards - a former journalist who knows how to write - captures the Google Experience, the rollercoaster ride of being part of a company creating itself in a whole new universe.
I'm Feeling Lucky captures for the first time the unique, self-invented, yet profoundly important culture of the world's most transformative corporation.
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- makio
- 10-04-16
Entertainingly written insight into the early years of Google
I had just listened to Steve jobs autobiography and (early head of Google HR) Laszio Bock's 'Work Rules' which put this put into interesting context.
Doug gives a self aware and entertaining account of his time at Google. However, unlike the previous two books, it didn't really leave me feeling inspired in my own work. It was more the story of a bright man working among outstandingly gifted, difficult, fantastic people who push boundaries, and how he coped working with them and their 'out there' ideas.
As most of us reading this can't claim to be a Steve jobs or Sergey Brin, reading about a working among people of that ilk in pioneering tech start up still offers fascinating insight. And from an honest, humorous and 'real' perspective. Really enjoyed it.
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- Tom Parkinson
- 22-02-15
Brilliant
Great story, well read and brilliantly written! Interesting for anyone who has started a business or even just knows who Google are! So that's everyone! Highly recommended!
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- AZ
- 20-10-20
Surprising insight into Google
By far the most gripping book I've listened to on Audible ever. Don't be discouraged by uninspiring cover, the story, the narration is excellent. Reveals the moral background of Google founders and early employees and gives you a great insight into their motivation to improve things. Awesome!
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- Miguel
- 23-12-12
Understand the good and the bad from Google
This is a great book to understand the good and the bad things of Google. It provides a unique perspective of one of the first employees of the company, who wasn't part of the hardcore engineer team that led and continue leading the company.
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- old geek
- 29-05-20
Very pleased with himself
While the tale of what went on inside Google is fascinating, I couldn’t help thinking the author really loved himself and saw everything through that filter.
That really spoiled the story for me and to be honest I unexpectedly couldn’t wait for the end although he only became more entitled on becoming a squillionaire.
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- David
- 03-07-14
Wonderful book and well read!
Where does I'm Feeling Lucky rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Best so far although only my third audiobook.
What did you like best about this story?
I really got a feel for what it would have been like to work at a company like Google in its start up days.
Have you listened to any of Douglas Edwards’s other performances? How does this one compare?
No just this one. The narration really Made this story for me. Having the author read his own story gives it a real personal touch that I love.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes, I often sat in my car at the end of my commute for an extra five minutes listening!
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- David
- 15-02-24
A brilliant insight into how Google began.
One of the best books I've listened to on Audible. I was hooked from the beginning to end.
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- Ram Prasad Krishnamurthy
- 26-09-18
Just a confession and nothing more..
It sounded to me like a 'cry over the shoulders' autobiography story of a person who did not belong to the place he was in.
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- LC
- 18-02-19
Great insight into how Google was made
This account from the early days of Google to its IPO gives a great account of how Google developed as a company and some of the key behaviours and values that helped it get there.
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- Chris
- 14-07-15
Great book
I loved it, a great read for anyone thinking of joining Google..... I want to know what he did next
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