Larry Page
Co-founder of Google and co-creator of the PageRank algorithm.
Quotes by Larry Page
Solving big problems is easier than solving little problems.
The goal is to enable humans to better use their time and to be more productive.
We're trying to build a future where you don't have to be a search engine whiz to find what you need.
You have to be a little bit of a revolutionary to do something really big.
I like to work on things that haven't been done before, things that are new and innovative.
If you're looking for the next big thing, and you're looking where everyone else is, you're looking in the wrong place.
We're not really interested in running a company. We're interested in changing the world.
The dream is to have a computer that can understand what you want and give you exactly what you need.
I think it's important that we don't become a conventional company.
We run this company on questions, not answers.
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.
I think as technologists we should have some safe places where we can try out new things and figure out the effect on society, the effect on people, without having to deploy it into the normal world.
The only way to succeed is to have a product that is really, really good.
We're not afraid to try things that might seem a little strange or unusual.
Our job is to take these 10 percent of ideas that are really good and make them happen.
I've always been very interested in the future and what we can do to create a better future.
You need to innovate in how you share things and how you communicate as well as in what you're doing.
I think it's natural for people to want to work on things that they think will have a big impact on the world.
We're in this incredible moment where we can have a huge positive impact on society, but only if we're thoughtful and ethical about it.
If you're not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you've launched too late.