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Eric Schmidt, Larry & Sergey are a counterexample. (But a runaway success is a poor model for expected outcome.)
by robotresearcher 5y ago
Eric Schmidt, Larry & Sergey are a counterexample.
(But a runaway success is a poor model for expected outcome.)
- jedberg 5y agoHow are they a counterexample? Larry and Sergey were both grad students in the same place in life. Eric was hired after they had funding and profits and was not a cofounder.
- robotresearcher 5y agoAh, thanks for the correction. I didn't recall there was 4 years between startup and Schmidt joining. He says in the linked interview there were ~150 employees when he joined. https://www.freshworks.com/hrms/eric-schmidt-talks-about-what-worked-and-what-didnt-while-scaling-up-google-part-i-blog/ https://www.freshworks.com/hrms/eric-schmidt-talks-about-wha...