Quick Notes on Marissa Mayer Interview
Posted in Quote on Mar 7th, 2009
All quotes are paraphrased.
Charlie Rose asked Marissa Mayer, “what’s the next big thing?” She said, “cell phones plus social networking features.”
What’s the difference in Larry and Sergey?” “Sergey is very mathematical, he has very good memory at numbers, including employee stock options, salaries. And he’s looking into details of deals with other companies.” “Larry tends to be more about the product, the technology, the user interfaces, etc..”
The business model?” “Our revenue base is more diverse than it would originally seem, because we have advertisers from almost every sectors.”
“What’s the decision process of making the Android and G phone?” “First, find the right people and the right team.”. “Software companies should make software on the phones, not the hardware companies as most of them are doing now. (Charlie commented: this argument is very Microsoft-ish.)”
“When you hire new people, what factors you’re looking for?” “There are two key elements that are parts of all the very good people we have at Google, and that is ‘smart’ and ‘getting things done’.” “We’re also looking for people who are motivated to make positive impact on the world.”
“Base on our hiring regression model, we find background, past performances, and references are relatively good indicators.”
I can’t embed the interview video, so please check out the source if you want to see the full episode.
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