Comments on: Schmidt Joins Apple Board http://battellemedia.com/archives/2006/08/schmidt_joins_apple_board.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=schmidt_joins_apple_board Thoughts on the intersection of search, media, technology, and more. Thu, 23 May 2013 12:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Patrick Dempsey http://battellemedia.com/archives/2006/08/schmidt_joins_apple_board.php#comment-13891 Patrick Dempsey Thu, 31 Aug 2006 04:15:43 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2006/08/schmidt_joins_apple_board.php#comment-13891 <p>Don't board members actually do nothing? Selecting executives and approving/overriding their decisions is about it, I believe.</p> Don’t board members actually do nothing? Selecting executives and approving/overriding their decisions is about it, I believe.

]]> By: Leonard Boord http://battellemedia.com/archives/2006/08/schmidt_joins_apple_board.php#comment-13890 Leonard Boord Wed, 30 Aug 2006 16:08:07 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2006/08/schmidt_joins_apple_board.php#comment-13890 <p>I have not heard anybody discuss why did Schmidt accept the offer? What is in it for him? He obviously has enough on his hands controlling the growth of google; add to this the liabilities arising from being a board member. He is already a star without having to complicate his life further. It would have been so easy for him to say no.<br /> He is not doing this with a Google perspective, he is doing this for his own benefit. </p> <p>I ask myself what does Eric want out of the deal? </p> <p><br /> </p> I have not heard anybody discuss why did Schmidt accept the offer? What is in it for him? He obviously has enough on his hands controlling the growth of google; add to this the liabilities arising from being a board member. He is already a star without having to complicate his life further. It would have been so easy for him to say no.
He is not doing this with a Google perspective, he is doing this for his own benefit.

I ask myself what does Eric want out of the deal?

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