"Their point was that the industry overvalues experience, and undervalues strategic and tactical flexibility."
"Great products happen when people build a product for themselves."
"I know that if I have a product that works, I can hire a marketing and sales and distribution team, and I can do it in a week."
"At Novell, we had what I called “glue” people. They sit at the boundaries, and help everyone work together. I tried to get rid of them because you don’t “need” them…"
"She [Marissa Mayer] maintained a Top 100 list with 300 things on it, and would try to get these things to talk with each other."
CS183C Session 8: Eric Schmidt — CS183C: Blitzscaling Class Collection
For today’s class session, Reid Hoffman interviewed our special guest, Eric Schmidt, the chairman of Alphabet (and forme…