Page, Brin and Schmidt promised to stay at Google for 20 years
Written on 31st January 2008
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Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Serial Internet Entrepreneur
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There is a short but entertaining interview in Fortune Magazine with Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt about corporate culture at Google and how they pledges to stay at Google for at least 20 years.
Actually, we agreed the month before we went public that we would work together for 20 years. I will be 69, and according to Google I’m going to live to 84, so I should be fine.
Check out the short version of the interview here:
http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/18/news/companies/google.fortune/index.htm
Complete article version:
http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/28/news/companies/google.qa.fortune/index.htm?postversion=2008012912
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By ale on Jan 31, 2008
Schmidt is not a person that I like, but I admire him a lot.
He’s accepted a big challange entering a new-born society like Google when they didn’t have revenue and a precise business model.
Even though I’m not a google fan, I must admit that they’re doing a great job and I feel like the big merit is Schmidt’s.
I think it’s the same situation that’s going on in Facebook. It could be the next big thing but Zuckerberg is too young and it’s better that they hire an experienced CEO like Brin and Page did back in 2001.
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By Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten on Feb 1, 2008
@Ale you have a point but that is what Yahoo did. The founders thought they were too young and brought in an experienced outsider; Terry Semel, a longtime Warner Bros. executive, was supposed to bring business sense and experience to the company. Turns out he didn’t ‘get’ the internet and basically ruined Yahoo by making ALL the wrong mistakes. Including NOT buying Google when he had a chance. My point: bringing in good people sounds easier that it is and I agree that Schmidt did great things for Google.
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By matt on Feb 1, 2008
if microsoft don’t buy google before..!? check “Microsoft offers $44.6 Billion for Yahoo & why Yahoo will accept”
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By Andi on Sep 28, 2008
Why is “I hope you like that post!” bolder than the headline?
When I write in my blog I hope that everybody likes the post, who would not like it?
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