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Can Google build up a hard-charging, Glengarry Glen Ross-style sales team? Somehow, I doubt it. The culture clash between Google's fact-driven, soft-spoken engineers and the raw-meat eaters it needs to get Madison Avenue's dollars seems insurmountable. But nonetheless, Google's HR department seeking an Alex Baldwin type to serve as a "mini-CEO," shaking cash out of Wall Street's big investment banks as a "business relationship manager." Funny, I thought Google already had a mini-CEO. Isn't his name Eric Schmidt?
Google seeks "mini-CEO" in New York
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12:14 PM on Mon Oct 29 2007
By Owen Thomas
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I'm pretty sure that Verne Troyer is free and looking for work right about now ...
Just make sure the engineers and the ball-busters are housed in different quarters (divide geeks from jock e-media types); add ex-IAC/AOL go-getters. Make sure GOOG Legal is watching for extreme "out-of-bounds" behavior.
Blakes and Ricky Roma-type are encouraged to apply...
I don't really want to educate myself as to what this all means but it sure sounds pretty gross.
Looking for a Moogul?
I seriously doubt Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Lehman Bros, Credit Suisse et al are pouring massive marketing dollars into AdWords/AdSense.
If you are looking to do an IPO/recapitalization or looking for asset management, and you start with a google search for your I-bank, my guess is you are an unlikely client for these firms.
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