The CEO Game

Yesterday (Thursday), the Washington Post has published a letter sent by Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt, portraying Eric’s five step plan for changing the American economy upside down and making a real change. Here are some of the key points:

Eric Schmidt.

• Congress should help start-ups. He claims that smaller businesses should be able to compete with their larger rivals: “They don’t need favors, just a level playing field. Congress should ensure that every bill it passes promotes competition over protecting the interests of incumbents”.
• We need to realize that not everything we do will succeed. “If we want to be a leader in new industries such as green energy, we have to accept that some of our investments won’t pan out.” Schmidt says there are no 100 percent successful innovative programs and society must become tolerant to failure on the way.
• Extend R&D taxes. Schmidt wants more emphasis on our knowledge base: “The decision by Congress to double science funding last year was a big step in the right direction. Now we need to extend the R&D tax credit so businesses can confidently invest in their future.”
• More government support for broadband is critical. “Government-funded research should be made public through “a Wikipedia of ideas,” so entrepreneurs can harness ideas commercially.”
• Let me hire foreigners. Eric requests to hang on to talented people: “The best and brightest from around the world come to study at U.S. universities. After graduation, they are forced to leave because they can’t get visas. It’s ridiculous.

In conclusion in his letter the searching giant’s CEO lays out what he thinks should be done in order to fight the high unemployment rate, the lack of innovation which is also known as the “innovation deficit” and more. He believes we have everything we need in order to climb out of this downhill, and that information and innovation are the keys to success.
Omer  Shachnai

The CEO Game.

A few weeks ago, I was browsing a friend’s blog. This friend had been working for the last few years as a software developer and team leader. He had been enjoying a great salary, a good job, he bought the car he always wanted and he had just moved away from his house, but something was missing. He decided that although life was going good for him, it wasn’t enough. He wanted to be special, and to reach the top while he is still young. Two weeks ago, he posted a video by Guy Kawasaki, the author of the book “The Art of Start”, and previously the technological evangelist of a small company called “Apple”. When Guy first started working at Apple, he had no background in technology to speak of, and even less in computers. What he did have is passion, and that is what helped him to reach the top. In this video, Guy describes the key points any new start up should take note of. Suffice to say that we at the CEO game were greatly affected by this speech, and we hope it will help inspire you as well.

Ailon

The CEO Game.