"The characteristic of great innovators and great companies is they see a space that others do not," Google CEO Eric Schmidt tells Yale. "They don't just listen to what people tell them; they actually invent something new, something that you didn’t know you needed, but the moment you see it, you say, 'I must have it.'"
This continuous invention, Schmidt says, is a constant--and part of the reason that the roster of leading companies is so inconstant. If you took a look at Microsoft 15 years ago, he says, you would have thought they would stay the leader until today, while Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and of course Google have emerged to their prime post.
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