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Keen On… Can Larry Page Be A Grown-Up CEO? (TCTV)

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Andrew Keen is an Anglo-American entrepreneur, writer, broadcaster and public speaker. He is the author of the international hit “Cult of the Amateur: How the Internet is Killing our Culture” which has been published in 17 different languages and was short-listed for the Higham’s Business Technology Book of the Year award. As a pioneering Silicon Valley based Internet entrepreneur,... → Learn More

Thursday, July 28th, 2011
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Hired in 1999, Doug Edwards was employee #59 at Google. Edward’s six year stint in Mountain View has been recorded in his highly readable new book I’m Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee #59 where he reveals what life was really like at the plex in those early years.

Earlier this week, TechcrunchTV got lucky when Edwards came into our San Francisco studio to tell me what he really thinks about Google. He didn’t disappoint – confessing why Eric Schmidt is the “Joe Biden of tech”, why the “Don’t Be Evil” slogan could only hurt Google and why Larry Page can be a grown-up CEO.

This is the second in a two part interview with Douglas Edwards. Yesterday, Edwards confessed his early experiences at Google, including his memorable first job interview with Sergey Brin.

Don’t Be Evil

Can Larry Page be a Grown-Up CEO?

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