Eric Schmidt

Eric Schmidt
Eric Emerson Schmidtis an American software engineer, a businessperson, and the Executive Chairman of Alphabet, Inc...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth27 April 1955
CountryUnited States of America
people fundamentals information
It's because of this fundamental shift towards user-generated information that people will listen more to other people than to traditional resources.
names google next
Search companies, which I won't mention by name, tried to do so many things at the same time, they forgot all about search. They either missed the next revolution of search or they created an opening for a Google to enter.
mistake growth size
It's a mistake to predict the size of markets that are so new. This model has shown no signs of slowing down. So we are going to get as much of it as we possibly can, and when we get close to that we'll figure out other problems.
technology platforms valuable
In general in technology, if you own a platform that's valuable, you can monetize it.
people variation world
When the Internet publicity began, I remember being struck by how much the world was not the way we thought it was, that there was infinite variation in how people viewed the world.
car bugs computer
It's a bug that cars were invented before computers.
thinking smartphones years
Around 400 million people in the last year got a smartphone. If you think that’s a big deal, imagine the impact on that person in the developing world.
thinking people awful
People are surprised to find out that an awful lot of people think that they're idiots.
internet environment imagine
Ultimately, in the Internet, openness has always won. I cannot imagine that the current competitive environment would reverse that.
phones google want
Ultimately, application vendors are driven by volume, and volume is favored by the open approach Google is taking. There are so many manufacturers working so hard to distribute Android phones globally that whether you like [Android 4.0] or not ... you will want to develop for that platform, and perhaps even first.
thinking doors ideas
I had always assumed that the right way to do it was to these engineers, put them in offices by themselves with doors that they could close so they could think deep thoughts. This is a terrible idea.
sports play watches
The coach doesn't have to play the sport as well as you do. They have to watch you and get you to be your best.
data information way
The best thing that would happen is for Facebook to open up its data. Failing that, there are other ways to get that information,
average law lobbyists
The average American doesnt realize how much of the laws are written by lobbyists.