#alan eagle

[nightshadequeen]

For a meritocracy to work, it needs to engender a culture where there is an "obligation to dissent"

Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, Alan Eagle. How Google Works pg 41

[nightshadequeen]

When Microsoft took a real interest in things start-ups were doing, things had a way of getting really interesting

In the 1980s and '90s, it was virtually impossible for Silicon Valley technology entrepreneurs to get funding for their companies without first articularting to their investors their Microsoft strategy. If you didn't have a clear plan, you wouldn't get a check

Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, Alan Eagle. How Google Works pg 5