>The one thing that, I think, we can be totally certain of is that neither Larry or Sergey are business geniuses. Which is why they were successful. When they

>The one thing that, I think, we can be totally certain of is that neither Larry or Sergey are business geniuses. Which is why they were successful. When they first had to monetize Google, they didn't want to fill it with the large intrusive banner ads popular at the time. They put small unobtrusive text ads instead, since they didn't want to suffer the experience. I think it is safe to say that if they were what you call a "business genius", Google would have been filled to the brim with flashy ads, netting them tens of thousands of dollars early on, and leaving them as company worth thousands. It's a good thing they were steered by higher motives than business sense.