Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google and now executive chairman of Alphabet, kicked off a three-day visit to Seoul on Thursday by meeting with young entrepreneurs in Korea's tech and start-up community.
In a meeting with more than 300 businesspeople at Google's Campus Seoul, Schmidt said, "Life is short... It's important, especially as younger people, [that] you take a risk you would not take when you’re much older."
Posing for a group selfie with participants after the event, Schmidt added that with just a few more people willing to take the risks involved in entrepreneurship, the Korean economy would show rapid growth.
