September 16, 2011
NPR
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http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/totn/2011/09/20110916_totn_04.mp3
Google's founders built a giant company based on certain principles: Make decisions based on data. Search should be fast and automatic. Keep as much company information private as possible. In his book In the Plex, Steven Levy discusses how these values shaped Google into what it is today.
Source article & transcript: http://goo.gl/Ll2m8