If you're working and can't watch YouTube, here's a transcript: > I knew that it was Larry and Sergey’s company, and I acted that way. For example, I never did

If you're working and can't watch YouTube, here's a transcript: > I knew that it was Larry and Sergey’s company, and I acted that way. For example, I never did any press. Right before the IPO, Larry and Sergey did an interview with Playboy — no pictures. It turns out that the interview was at the wrong time in the quiet period, and it put the IPO in jeopardy. “Did we screw up?” The correct answer is Yes. But the even more correct answer is no problem, we’ll fix this. From that moment on, they’ve never given an interview. That was 12 years ago. When they wanted to do interviews, they did them. Once they didn’t want to do it anymore, I did them. https://medium.com/cs183c-blitzscaling-class-collection/cs183c-session-8-eric-schmidt-56c29b247998#.5sxzh9a2g https://medium.com/cs183c-blitzscaling-class-collection/cs18...