Steven Levy · 2011
A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.
“This is like a small little passage in Stephen Levy's great book that's been a source for all of our Google episodes, In the Plex.”
Why: It is a great book that has been a source for all of their Google episodes.
David Rosenthal, Host on AcquiredGoogle Part III: The AI Company
“And Stephen Levy writes in In the Plex that the perception of Google's Ventures Beyond Search at the time was that the company was tossing balls into the air like a drunken juggler.”
Why: Provides historical insight into the early perception of Google's expansion.
David Rosenthal, Host on AcquiredGoogle Part II: Alphabet
“So supposedly, this is according to In the Plex, Stephen Levy's book, great book that we used as a source for the episode.”
David Rosenthal, Host on AcquiredGoogle Part I: Origins of Search
Named without an opinion attached.
“There's another great story in the Plex that Stephen Levy has. He's interviewing Bill Gates at the Newsweek headquarters office in New York shortly after Gmail comes out.”
David Rosenthal, Host on AcquiredGoogle Part II: Alphabet
Other books cited in the same episodes.
Genius Makers
Cade Metz
Discussed together in: Google Part III: The AI Company (Acquired)
Supremacy
Parmy Olson
Discussed together in: Google Part III: The AI Company (Acquired)
Yield: How Google Bought, Built, and Bullied Its Way to Advertising Dominance
Ari Paparo
Discussed together in: Google Part II: Alphabet (Acquired)
The Search
John Battelle
Discussed together in: Google Part I: Origins of Search (Acquired)