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Hurley ran YouTube like someone who used YouTube and his exit cleared the way for managers to run YouTube Google’s way, with spreadsheets and algorithms.

Jerry was one of my best friends before we started the company, and it's his company, so doing business with friends—you always hear, "Don't do business with friends, bad idea." So one of the things that really helped me was that he and I had a conversation before I joined, "OK, here are the ground rules." And this is really wha

Fortunately the shows were well received, but even in the theatre ineptitude ruled. During one performance, a loud bell started ringing at regular junctures, which distracted the audience badly. At the interval, Humphrey, who had taken over as stage manager, since we could find no one else in New Zealand who was up to the task, raced round to the f

I have always taken a strong stand for the shareholder, especially in such matters as representation on the board of directors and its committees, and the payment of dividends. Yet I have also considered myself as one of the breed that we now call the “executive”. Management has been my specialization. On many occasions when I was chief executive o

Early promotion into adulthood is often painful