Google’s Mayer: Staying Innovative In a Downturn
Great Article from Business Week…
When Larry Page and Sergey Brin co-founded Google (GOOG) 10 years ago, few people imagined the kind of influence it would wield today—not just on the Internet, but increasingly in such established industries as media and software.
Since then, Google has come to dominate the most lucrative piece of online advertising: the text ads placed next to its search results. Armed by an expansive mission to “organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful,” the company has used its rapidly growing profits to fund forays into online software applications and even radio and television advertising. No wonder Google shows up as one of the 10 names on BusinessWeek’s list of the World’s Most Influential Companies (more…)