Sergey Brin and Larry Page are both passionate entrepreneurs and engineers, pushing projects they believe in, with wholehearted gusto. With Larry replacing Eric Schmidt as the CEO, he’s been pushing certain areas of growth. Given Larry’s history, many are expecting him to achieve the impossible, like the Google Books project, which was his personal goal for years.
Larry (and Google’s) ongoing passion is social networking. And he’s going at it Larry Page style, with tremendous zeal. Page is said to have sent a confidential memo to all those involved, that 25% of their annual bonus will depend on how their 2011 Social Networking strategy performs. This does not absolve other employees, as they have been asked to chip-in by pushing their social networking platforms among friends and family. Most employees, whether directly involved or not, have been asked to test and get feedback on these platforms.
