Drive. Docs. Chrome. Maps. Gmail. Android. What do these products have in common? Of course, they’re all Google, but what you may not know is that they all came to fruition under the management of the same person: Sundar Pichai. This track record in product development ultimately landed Sundar the CEO role at one of the biggest, most innovative companies in ... Show More
Jun 2017
Innovation is managed chaos, w/Eric Schmidt of Google/Alphabet
<p>Google has succeeded by innovating again and again. Their secret? They don’t tell their employees how to innovate; they manage the chaos. Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google since 2001 and now chair of parent company Alphabet, shares the controversial management techniques he crea ... Show More
30m 18s
Jan 2024
How to be more innovative | Sam Schillace (Microsoft deputy CTO, creator of Google Docs)
<p><strong>Sam Schillace</strong> is deputy CTO and corporate vice president at Microsoft. Prior to working at Microsoft, Sam started a company called Writely, which was acquired by Google and became the foundation of what today is Google Docs. While at Google, Sam helped lead ma ... Show More
1h 27m
Jan 2024
Igus-CEO Frank Blase: Erst Theaterproduzent, jetzt Milliardenunternehmer
<p>"Ich habe in dieser Garage übrigens zählen gelernt", erinnert sich Frank Blase: 1964 gründeten seine Eltern Igus und begannen in Bergisch Gladbach mit dem Herstellen von Kunststoffteilen. Als Schüler wollte Blase eigentlich Theater- und Filmschaffender werden, doch am Ende übe ... Show More
28m 4s
Sep 2019
Mon. 09/23 - Google Play Pass And WeWork Soap Opera
Google Play Pass might usher in a new era of mobile gaming, the WeWork saga is becoming a soap opera, Facebook’s foes and (erstwhile) friends are talking to the FTC, and has Google ushered in the era of quantum supremacy?
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20m 19s
May 2022
Google’s Goodbye To AMP -- Jordan Koene / Previsible
<p>Jordan Koene, Co-Founder and Education Partner at PreVisible, dives into breaking SEO news. When AMP came into existence, tech leaders criticized it believing that it was Google’s way of dictating how websites are built. Eight years later, AMP pages no longer receive pref ... Show More
11m 56s
May 2021
Sponsored: Small Business Stories | Columbia Sportswear | 2
<p>This episode is brought to you by Wondery in partnership with Dell Technologies. In honor of small businesses, we're featuring inspiring stories of successful companies that started out small.</p><p>It’s 1970 and Gert Boyle’s life is in ruins. Her husband’s just died, and now, ... Show More
31m 23s
Sep 2022
Rewind: How big companies kill ideas — and how to fight back, with Tony Fadell
This episode was originally published on May 3rd, 2022.
Tony Fadell was instrumental in the development of the iPod and iPhone at Apple and then co-founded Nest Labs, which kicked off the consumer smart home market with its smart thermostat in 2011. Tony sold Nest to Google for ... Show More
1h 16m