this makes me extremely bullish on g. sergey should take even more control of the co & delegate everything that isn’t core to sundar. more importantly he should also be the public face of google ai cuz he is extremely articulate & very likeable too.
google’s biggest constraint is org velocity (bureaucracy) + external comms / messaging. sergey is the only person that can bulldoze through both of these by being authentic, relatable, & honest.
also would not be too shocked if sergey starts posting on x.
Paul Graham says ambitious people are rare
When they’re surrounded by average ambition, they shrink
But when you put them next to other ambitious people, they bloom like dying plants given water
Pure gold from @bchesky on the @colossusmag@InvestLikeBest pod.
1/ 1st employee should be recruiter
2/ 1st person he calls is the recruiter
3/ how to hire: create pipelines; dont run searches
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