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â An exciting story [that] shines light on the inner workings of the fledgling Google and on the personalities of its founders.â â The Daily Beast

In its infancy, Google embraced extremesâ endless days fueled by unlimited free food, nonstop data-based debates, and blood-letting hockey games. The companyâ s fresh-from-grad-school leaders sought more than old notions of success; they wanted to make all the information in the world available to everyoneâ instantly. Google, like the Big Bang, was a singularityâ an explosive release of raw intelligence and unequaled creative energyâ and while others have described what Google accomplished, no one has explained how it felt to be a part of it. Until now.

As employee number 59, Douglas Edwards was a key part of Googleâ s earliest days. Experience the unnerving mix of camaraderie and competition as Larry Page and Sergey Brin create a famously nonhierarchical structure, fight against conventional wisdom, and race to implement myriad new features while coolly burying broken ideas. Iâ m Feeling Lucky captures the self-created culture of the worldâ s most transformative corporation and offers unique access to the emotions experienced by those who virtually overnight built one of the worldâ s best-known brands.

â Edwards does an excellent job of telling his story with a fun, outsider-insider voice. The writing is sharp.â â Boston Globe

â An affectionate, compulsively readable recounting of the early years of Google.â â Publishers Weekly