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Page & Brin were perfect people to start Google. As computer science PHD candidates, they had lot of experience in rising capital, starting a business, building
by kkowalczyk 15y ago
Page & Brin were perfect people to start Google. As computer science PHD candidates, they had lot of experience in rising capital, starting a business, building massive datacenters, writing applications that run on thousands of computers, managing large software teams, rapidly scaling a company from a few people to thousands etc.
Oh no, wait, they didn't.
BTW: even Steve Jobs didn't personally operate injection-molding machines or designed CAD models. He's the CEO, not an industrial designer.
- firefoxman1 15y agoThat is a good point, and while running a startup is completely different than stepping into a billion-dollar corporation, the argument is still valid. Here are a couple examples from recent years: Who On Paper Reality ----------------------------------------------------------- Steve Jobs Hippy kid F**kin best CEO of our time Alan Mulally Normal engineer Ford's savior John Sculley Perfect fit Drove Apple into the ground Carol Bartz CEO material Need I explain? Léo Apotheker Good enough Yeah, right.
- yuhong 15y agoFYI on Leo: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/22/business/voting-to-hire-a-chief-without-meeting-him.html http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/22/business/voting-to-hire-a-... But yea, I have been thinking about looking for CEOs from alternate sources like the startup world for a while now if hiring externally.