This is how Google looked like, when they started (1998):
Even, prior to that, this is how they look like:
People say everything great starts from small, then grow eventually very fast. I totally agree.
Alot of great giant company that we saw today (Apple, Microsoft, Sony, Matshushita, Toyota, Honda, Ford, Xerox) ... were all initially have one thing in common: once they are all small tiny struggling innovative company, which later on invent and redefine the industry that they are focusing on.
The early days of Apple
The first Apple product - the "Apple I"
The early days of Microsoft
Microsoft whole employee photograph - 1978
The early days of Sony
Sony early factory & headquarters

Sony Employee (the whole company!)

Sony G Tape Recorder
Sony Tape Factory
Sony H Tape Recorder - for Home Use
Sony Transistor Factory
Sony Transistor Radio
Sony Pocketable Transistor Radio
Sony founders -- Akio Morita & Masaru Ibuka
When something start small and then grow, we see nothing else but beauty of their founders great, continuous, consistent, persistent, ingenious effort in building things to try to make it happen.
Their journey become a great story that inspire many more entrepreneurs and business builders to come.
This is how Google look today:
Awesome!!

Magical act in branding & miniaturization. Charistimatic builder of great business with attitude. Sony Walkman, Sony Handycam. "It's a Sony" slogan. Build Sony from scratch, turning the tiny setup into the crown jewel of Asia, and the darling brand of the world.
Dedication, tinkering persistence, passion & strong vision to make horseless carriage a reality. "Car for the people". "Assembly manufacturing concept". Years of consistent dedicated act, tinkering and passion. One of the greatest, finest and bravest tinkerer of all time. Modern mobile society as the result.
Passion for excellence & master of continous magical act. Make things happen greatly with style. Leaders with strong sense of vision and with "no limit" nor "no boundary" for next great cultural possibility to explore. Mac. Next. iPod. iPhone. Apple. Next. Pixar. Think Different. Mix innovation & culture at its best. Modern digital culture is born, and consistently turns greater under his act.
The greatest people manager and most charismatic people-centric business leader of all time. Think. Respect to individual. People first. Under his great leadership turns the tiny IBM into a mighty organization of its time. The "king" in the annal of "business kingdom". A rare business person with great business persona and legendary people-centric attitude of our time.










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