{"product_id":"im-feeling-lucky-the-confessions-of-google-employee-number-59-paperback","title":"I'm Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDouglas Edwards\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An exciting story [that] shines light on the inner workings of the fledgling Google and on the personalities of its founders.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Daily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn its infancy, Google embraced extremes--endless days fueled by unlimited free food, nonstop data-based debates, and blood-letting hockey games. The company's fresh-from-grad-school leaders sought more than old notions of success; they wanted to make all the information in the world available to everyone--instantly. Google, like the Big Bang, was a singularity--an explosive release of raw intelligence and unequaled creative energy--and while others have described what Google accomplished, no one has explained how it felt to be a part of it. Until now. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs employee number 59, Douglas Edwards was a key part of Google's earliest days. Experience the unnerving mix of camaraderie and competition as Larry Page and Sergey Brin create a famously nonhierarchical structure, fight against conventional wisdom, and race to implement myriad new features while coolly burying broken ideas. \u003ci\u003eI'm Feeling Lucky \u003c\/i\u003ecaptures the self-created culture of the world's most transformative corporation and offers unique access to the emotions experienced by those who virtually overnight built one of the world's best-known brands. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Edwards does an excellent job of telling his story with a fun, outsider-insider voice. The writing is sharp.\"--\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An affectionate, compulsively readable recounting of the early years of Google.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of Google s Early Employees Takes Us on a Trip Inside the Hyperenergized Company That Broke the Rules and Rocked the World. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComparing Google to an ordinary business is like comparing a rocket to an Edsel. In its infancy, Google embraced extremes endless days fueled by unlimited free food, nonstop data-based debates, and blood-letting hockey games. The company s fresh-from-grad-school leaders sought more than old notions of success; they wanted to make all the information in the world available to everyone instantly. Google, like the Big Bang, was a singularity an explosive release of raw intelligence and unequaled creative energy and while others have described what Google accomplished, no one has explained how it felt to be a part of it. Until now. \u003cbr\u003eDouglas Edwards, employee number 59, offers the first inside view of what it was like to be a Googler. Experience the unnerving mix of camaraderie and competition as Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the company s idiosyncratic young partners, create a famously nonhierarchical structure, fight against conventional wisdom, and race to implement a myriad of new features while coolly burying broken ideas and wounded products. \u003ci\u003eI m Feeling Lucky\u003c\/i\u003e captures for the first time the self-invented culture of the world s most transformative corporation and offers unique access to the emotions, particularly the tensions, experienced by those who built overnight one of the world s best-known brands.\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn exciting story [that] shines light on the inner workings of the fledgling Google and on the personalities of its founders. \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn its infancy, Google embraced extremes endless days fueled by unlimited free food, nonstop data-based debates, and blood-letting hockey games. The company s fresh-from-grad-school leaders sought more than old notions of success; they wanted to make all the information in the world available to everyone instantly. Google, like the Big Bang, was a singularity an explosive release of raw intelligence and unequaled creative energy and while others have described what Google accomplished, no one has explained how it felt to be a part of it. Until now. \u003cbr\u003eAs employee number 59, Douglas Edwards was a key part of Google s earliest days. Experience the unnerving mix of camaraderie and competition as Larry Page and Sergey Brin create a famously nonhierarchical structure, fight against conventional wisdom, and race to implement myriad new features while coolly burying broken ideas. \u003ci\u003eI m Feeling Lucky \u003c\/i\u003ecaptures the self-created culture of the world s most transformative corporation and offers unique access to the emotions experienced by those who virtually overnight built one of the world s best-known brands. \u003cbr\u003e Edwards does an excellent job of telling his story with a fun, outsider-insider voice. The writing is sharp. \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e An affectionate, compulsively readable recounting of the early years of Google. \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDOUGLAS EDWARDS was the director of consumer marketing and brand management at Google from 1999 to 2005 and was responsible for setting the tone and direction of the company s communications with its users. Prior to joining Google, Edwards was the online brand group manager for the \u003ci\u003eSan Jose Mercury News\u003c\/i\u003e and the Novosibirsk correspondent for the public radio program \u003ci\u003eMarketplace\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003ePraise for I m Feeling Lucky \u003cbr\u003e This is the first Google book told from the inside out. The teller is an ex-employee who joined Google early and who treats readers to vivid inside stories of what life was like before Google became a verb. Douglas Edwards recounts Google s stumble and rise with verve and humor and a generosity of spirit missing from many ex-employee accounts. He kept me turning the pages of this engrossing tale. Ken Auletta, author of \u003ci\u003eGoogled \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Highwaymen\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The best parts of I m Feeling Lucky . . . are those that capture the excitement of being among the explorers and builders who have ventured forth into the new century s new world. \u003ci\u003eWashington Monthly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Edwards does an excellent job of telling his story with a fun, outsider-insider voice. The writing is sharp and takes full advantage of the fact that Edwards was in a unique position to gauge Google s strengths and weaknesses, coming as he did from an old-media background . . . Part of what makes the book so rewarding is Edwards s endlessly nuanced take on his former company and its employees. \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e An intriguing corporate biography. \u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Although there have been many journalistic examinations of the world s most valuable Internet brand, this is the first to capture the process and the feeling of what it was like to be there in the early days. \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e [Edwards s] perspective as an early employee is valuable and unique . . . the former voice of Google provides a detailed, quirky and expansive half-memoir\/half historical record. \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e An affectionate, compulsively readable recounting of the early years of Google . . . This lively, thoughtful business memoir is more entertaining than it really has any right to be, and should be required reading for startup aficionados. \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468139184381,"sku":"9780547737393","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/Y3VzZ1crbXN3amZDMEtEbmN0dmF3QT09.webp?v=1777285542","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/im-feeling-lucky-the-confessions-of-google-employee-number-59-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}