EO Google's First PM: The 10X Principle That Built Google #shorts | EO
Dec 26, 2025
Discover the secrets behind Google's explosive growth! The focus on saying no allows teams to pursue only high-impact projects. Learn how setting ambitious, even uncomfortable goals pushed innovation beyond small improvements. The culture of challenging the status quo empowered engineers to tackle big tasks, even those outside their expertise. Tune in to explore these principles that drove one of the world's most iconic companies!
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Be Ruthless With Priorities
- Focus on a very small number of priorities and say no to distractions frequently.
- Reserve enthusiastic support for the few initiatives that truly matter and rally the team behind them.
Adopt The 10x Standard
- Strive for 10x improvements rather than incremental gains to build something truly great.
- Aim to be 10x better, cheaper, or faster than existing solutions to dominate a space.
Disrespect The Status Quo
- Cultivate a healthy disrespect for the status quo to accelerate innovation.
- Non-specialists can solve novel problems quickly when not constrained by existing process assumptions.