Can Google build up a hard-charging, Glengarry Glen Ross-style sales team? Somehow, I doubt it. The culture clash between Google's fact-driven, soft-spoken engineers and the raw-meat eaters it needs to get Madison Avenue's dollars seems insurmountable. But nonetheless, Google's HR department seeking an Alex Baldwin type to serve as a "mini-CEO," shaking cash out of Wall Street's big investment banks as a "business relationship manager." Funny, I thought Google already had a mini-CEO. Isn't his name Eric Schmidt?

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