“Looking back, Google's success came from the fortuitous timing of being born at the cusp of the broadband age. But it also came about because of the new reality of the Internet: a lot of services were going to be algorithmic, and owning your own infrastructure would be a key advantage.”

Indian-American web and technology writer and journalist

Om Prakash Malik is an Indian-American web and technology writer and journalist. He founded Gigaom, an influential early technology news site, and has written for publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, Fast Company, and Wired. His work has focused on startups, Silicon Valley, and the wider technology industry. He has also been a partner at True Ventures in Palo Alto and continues to publish on his personal site, On my Om.