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Brilliant Then And Now

Brilliant Then and Now

by Condé Nast Portfolio Staff Apr 14 2008
 

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What idea did you initially deem brilliant before you knew better?

  • "That smart people could predict the overall movement of stock markets."
    —Alan "Ace" Greenberg, former C.E.O. of Bear Stearns
  • "Ethanol from corn."
    —Tom Schumacher, president of Disney Theatrical Productions
  • "The reply all button."
    —James Hong, co-founder of hotornot.com
  • "Spray-on tan."
    —Max Levchin, founder of Slide.com

  • "TiVo."
    —Mike Blum, owner of Pipsqueak Films
  • "Jackson Pollock."
    —Irwin Jacobs, co-founder and chairman of Qualcomm
  • "The BlackBerry."
    —Jeffrey Katzenberg, co-founder of Dreamworks
  • "Google. I was factually and materially wrong at every level."
    —Eric Schmidt, C.E.O. of Google

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