{
  "id": 16479965,
  "title": "Eric Schmidt reveals his biggest failure as Google CEO",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/eric-schmidt-reveals-his-biggest-failure-as-google-ceo",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-25T11:25:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/eric-schmidt-reveals-his-biggest-failure-as-google-ceo-there-was-a-moment-when-google-was-ahead-of-everybody-else-in-/articleshow/135189708.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has called missing out on social media his biggest mistake as CEO. Speaking on the In Good Company podcast with Nicolai Tangen, Schmidt said Google was briefly ahead of everybody else before Facebook pulled away. He took responsibility for the miss, one that Orkut and Google+ could not fix, and admitted that being too slow was his biggest personal failing.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}