E veryone knows the success story of Google. Its co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are considered to be the best minds with outstanding business capabilities who built the world’s most valuable company. The mantra of their success and lessons they offer are equally useful. Here is what I learned reading about them. • One doesn’t need formal education to be successful. Just take advice and learn from successful people. • Think big; Think long-term. Google is a by-product of big-picture thinking and a long-term vision. Many products and solutions that Google offers today, or will be offering in future, were merely imaginary or impossible when they were conceived. In the backyards of Google, the teams were working on many of these futuristic ideas, thinking big with a long-term vision. • Believe in your idea even though you may not have the resources. The biggest success stories in the world such as Google, Amazon and Microsoft started in a garage. Success will ev...
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