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How Did Google Get Its Start?

Part-Time Genius

English - March 21, 2018 20:50 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratings
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From Youtube to Nest, Maps to Android, it's hard to imagine life without Google. But how did the web giant really get its start? Will and Mango travel back to the mid-90s to see how a horrible campus tour, some extra Lego bricks and a week at Burning Man all contributed to the making of Google. Also, the weird reason Larry Page didn't sell the company for $1.6 million when he got the chance (spoiler: it wasn't because the offer was too low!).

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