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3 of 5 in Founders, two audiences

2007 / 2012

The smiley

paper trail

Public

Valley CEOs · 2007

Keynotes and press

In public, Jobs and Schmidt performed rivalry plus mutual respect — two companies racing to hire the same kind of person.

A smiley is not a joke here. It is a receipt. The private market cleared. The public market kept its posters.

The tell · The shortest email in the file is often the preference.

How this became public: High-Tech Employee Antitrust Litigation docket.

Keyboard: J / K or ← / → to move. S for sources. Esc leaves the pair.

Where this came fromSources (S)

Pipe: Court. High-Tech Employee Antitrust Litigation docket.

Public claim

Valley CEOs, public friendship and rivalry

2007 · Keynotes and press

Article

Private artifact

Steve Jobs, Apple CEO

2007 · Email to Eric Schmidt after the recruiter was handled

Docket

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