19. 19SOME BEST PRACTICE
• A mere 17 years old
• Has acquired on average 1 company per week since 2010
• Google hired its first in-house chef, Charlie Ayers, in November 1999,
when the company had just 40 employees (Built to a team of 150!)
• Around 1,000 of Google's employees became millionaires when the
company went public in 2004
• Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin own just 16% of the
company
• That 16% gives them a combined net worth of around $46bn
• And then there is Alphabet
And on culture…
• Focus on the user and all else will follow
• You can make money without doing evil
• You can be serious without a suit
• Great just isn’t good enough
29. 29SOME BEST PRACTICE
Long lasting companies have a vision - led, values – driven
culture that gives guidance to all employees
Collins & Porras – Built to Last
Cultural capital is the new frontier of competitive advantage
Richard Barrett
Brand alignment is the glue that can bind a business and
deliver the platform for sustainable competitive advantage
The Real McCoy
30. :)
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