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		whatshisface on April 17, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Eric Schmidt's influence on U.S. science policy I don't know about the situation in specific but typically those things are governed by reciprocity and personal relationships.

ohyoutravel on April 17, 2022 [–]

This is my experience. ES joined the board of my small company based on personal relationships and some reciprocity. To be fair though, I don’t think him being on the board has had any meaningful impact and he’s been very hands off.

BuyMyBitcoins on April 18, 2022 | [–]

Can you tell us more about your company and how the arrangement was made?

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