386 Quotes by Eric Schmidt

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    When companies are growing quickly and they are having a lot of impact, careers take care of themselves.... If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat. Just get on.

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    There is a science to managing high tech businesses, and it needs to be respected. One of them is that in technology businesses, leadership is temporary. It's constantly recycling. So the asset has limited lifetime.

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    We concluded that although we weren't wild about the restrictions, it was even worse to not try to serve those users at all.

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    If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.

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    We didn't see any statistically significant relationship between our buzz and our short-term sales...Is that the end of the story? I would say no. This is one study on a set of brands in a particular company within a certain segment of the consumer-packag ed-goods industry. It is by no means a generalized result that applies to all industries.

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    We think this is an announcement that was made from weakness. I think the only reason that you go public with this announcement is you weren't able to do something behind the scenes.

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