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By: Golden Swamp » Eric Schmidt: “Information is a tremendous equalizer”

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:13:30 +0000

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By: Dean Wormer

Dean Wormer — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:00:19 +0000

Amazing. These remarks encapsulate everything wrong with 99% of internet companies.

Don’t have a plan, don’t work alone, work in a group, and be unreasonable.

A perfect formula for every startup I have known where every kid thinks they know everything, listens to no one, and management works on the plan du jour in group meeting after group meeting.

Just proves Google has been way more lucky than smart.

By: Ben Lukoff

Ben Lukoff — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:55:22 +0000

CMU Pre-College — did it (music) in 1992 and highly recommend it. What department?

By: Johnny Bunko Lesson One: Google it | Daniel Pink

Johnny Bunko Lesson One: Google it | Daniel Pink — Tue, 19 May 2009 21:51:24 +0000

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By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:57:40 +0000

Really love the message in Eric Schmidt’s speech. Definitely gives you something to think about… such as how we should all stop having meetings on how to plan, what to plan, next steps, etc… So much time is being wasted in paying attention to planning… that we might be missing being at that right place, at the right time. Thanks for sharing.

By: invitedmedia

invitedmedia — Tue, 19 May 2009 14:26:34 +0000

big congrats to the “secret weapon”!

By: Tim Cronin

Tim Cronin — Tue, 19 May 2009 12:36:14 +0000

My 18 y/o son just graduated from high school and has the “Don’t bother to have a plan at all” part down pat. Maybe there’s hope! While he’s waiting for his “opportunity” to knock I’m encouraging him to read WWGD? Great stuff. Thanks.

By: Jonathan Minnick

Jonathan Minnick — Tue, 19 May 2009 01:34:46 +0000

good spech…haha “we used mainframe computers with 300MB of storage to go to the moon 6 times, your iPods, 120GB, 500x more, just to get you to your next class” gotta like that

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 19 May 2009 01:08:32 +0000

Awesome – powerful message and brings some comfort to my situation and thoughts. Love this:

“Don’t bother to have a plan at all. All that stuff about having a plan, throw that out. It seems to be it’s all about opportunity and make your own luck…. You cannot plan innovation. You cannot plan invention. All you can do is try very hard to be at the right place and be ready…”