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Google founders' naming strategy and Steve Jobs' focus advice

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Google's co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, named their company "Google" after the mathematical term "googol" to signify its potential for vast growth. Despite the immense success of Alphabet Inc., now valued at $1.9 trillion and ranking first on Fortune's Most Innovative Companies list, Page received advice from Steve Jobs to focus on a core set of products. Page and Brin, however, believed in Alphabet's broader purpose as a container for diverse ventures, including AI research through Google DeepMind, and did not market test the parent company's name. AI

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Sasha Rogelberg ·

    Google’s founders didn’t market test Alphabet’s name before launching the now $1.9 trillion juggernaut. Here’s the advice Steve Jobs gave Larry Page

    The anniversary of Google's IPO is on Wednesday, and Fortune looked back at the philosophy behind the founders' brainchild.

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