Interview : Google's Idea Gatekeeper

'A day in the life' type interview with the woman in charge of managing, developing and forwarding along the ideas that bubble up through the corporation.

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In late 1998, when Marissa Mayer first heard about a small outfit called Google, she barely batted an eye. The Stanford University grad student was urged by her adviser to pay a visit to two guys on the computer science building's fourth floor who were developing ways to analyze the World Wide Web . . .

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The woman charged with helping come up with Google's response [to its competitors] is a tall, striking blonde with blue eyes. At 30, Mayer still carries herself with the erect posture of the ballet dancer she was in her youth.

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http://businessweek.com/magazine/con...93.htm?chan=tc