Douglas Edwards

When Douglas Edwards was interviewed for a marketing job at Google in 1999, by a young man bouncing on a large ball while dressed in roller-hockey gear, he suspected he might be working somewhere unconventional. He had no idea. He didn't know he was about to have his work/life balance knocked on its inner ear. He didn't know that data was next to divinity. He didn't know how many In...

“An exciting story [that] shines light on the inner workings of the fledgling Google and on the personalities of its founders.”—The Daily Beast In its infancy, Google embraced extremes—endless days fueled by unlimited free food, nonstop data-based debates, and blood-letting hockey games. The company’s fresh-from-grad-school leaders sought more than old notions of success; they wanted to make al...