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Blitzscaling 08: Eric Schmidt on Structuring Teams and Scaling Google

Greylock · 672.8K views · 2015-10-23 · 1:22:39

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Stanford Blitzscaling class session where Reid Hoffman interviews Eric Schmidt about structuring teams and scaling Google. Topics include Alphabet, hiring, and how Chrome and Android operated inside the company.

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Cited as a first-hand source for how Google's leadership thought about hiring, organization and the Alphabet restructuring.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2016–2024

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simonpure · 2016-08 · Recommendation

Eric shared some of his thoughts shortly after announcing Alphabet at Stanford's Technology-enabled Blitzscaling class if you're interested in some of the motivation and types of problems they're trying to solve with it [0] [0] [VIDEO]

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fnikacevic · 2024-01 · Reference

The perception of autonomy at Google was somewhat marketing. In reality the company was extremely rigorous and top down. They used the perception to hire the creative genius types they wanted. Eric Schmidt (Former CEO of Google) discusses it here: [VIDEO]

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rkk3 · 2021-06 · Reference

Google famously only hired people with elite education credentials in the beginning. "We also didn't want to hire anyone from what were considered lesser universities" Eric Schmidt [VIDEO]

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