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Re:Au Revoir by Godel_unicode on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @01:37PM (#16699903)
Counterpoint: Google brought in an established CEO to get the nuts and bolts of being a big company working correctly. I would say that Google is pretty successful.
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Re:Au Revoir by neolefty on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @01:49PM (#16700000)
I think that also points out the value of engaged investors and board. I don't know the details but I am under the impression they really facilitated that process -- recommended the idea, found candidates including Eric Schmidt, did the whole thing without disempowering Larry & Sergei, etc.
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Re:Au Revoir by mywittyname on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @02:14PM (#16700254)
Because the Google founders were PhDs with more technical interest than business.

Plenty of companies are founded by people who aspire to lead large companies.

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