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Larry Page, Google Eric Schmidt, Google Encouraging Creativity Google's main problem is separating the wheat from the chaff through the mounds of creativity they have on hand, says co-founder Larry Page. There are simply more ideas than time and resources allow them to accomplish.
Larry Page, Google Eric Schmidt, Google Google Culture: Encouraging Innovation Google tries to keep an entertaining and enriching corporate culture by taking company trips and implementing a dog-friendly policy.At the same time, the company tries to maintain an entrepreneurial culture by forming small teams that act like individual startups. The founders have discovered that the groups tend to become more traditional as they grow larger.
Vinod Khosla, Khosla Ventures Taking Risks Launching a start-up is not a rational act. And Vinod Khosla, a partner in Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers and former Sun Microsystems CEO, believes that success only comes from those who are foolish enough to think unreasonably. Entrepreneurs need to stretch themselves beyond convention and constraint to reach something extraordinary.
Frank Levinson, Finisar Corporation You Need Little Capital Number 8 in Frank Levinson's Top 10 Things You Must Have to Start a Business. Levinson believes you need "too little" money. He uses the famous coconuts from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" as an example.
Frank Levinson, Finisar Corporation Changing Finisar Technology and Business Practices As a company grows and develops, it is possible that its methods for design and production change, says Levinson. The company may also look to new avenues of possible innovations. He describes the changes Finisar has seen over the years.