Eric Schmidt two co-wrote in 2010. He also wrote the preface to "The Startup Game: Inside the Partnership between Venture Capitalists and Entrepreneurs", by William H. Draper, III. In 2014, Schmidt co-authored the New York Times best-selling book "How Google Works" with Jonathan Rosenberg, former Senior Vice President of Products at Google and current advisor to Google CEO Larry Page, and Alan Eagle. The book is a collection of the business management lessons learned over the course of Schmidt and Rosenberg's time leading Google. In his book, Eric Schmidt argues that successful companies in the technology-driven internet age should attract smart and
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