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Can Marissa Mayer save Yahoo?

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Re: Can Marissa Mayer save Yahoo?

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Post by antitrust »

It seems clear that most of what needs to be done (to "save Yahoo") involves ceasing to do certain things so that core competencies can rise. That she's gearing it toward the mobile age is astute, but not necessarily out of step with what competitors have been doing for some time.

Re: Can Marissa Mayer save Yahoo?

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Post by hga »

willbill wrote: post #3

Can we stop posting articles from businessweek? Please?

I don't know, if you read between the lines it's got useful info, e.g. Yahoo has been historically very hostile to mobile, and they can't recruit mobile talent without "[buying] talent, spending close to $200 million to acquire at least 18 startups, in addition to blogging network Tumblr for $1.1 billion. In each instance, Yahoo has locked up engineers with two- to four-year contracts...."

Yeah, that sounds like a recipe for success....

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Post by ollysb »

hga wrote: post #4
willbill wrote: post #3

Can we stop posting articles from businessweek? Please?

I don't know, if you read between the lines it's got useful info, e.g. Yahoo has been historically very hostile to mobile, and they can't recruit mobile talent without " [buying] talent, spending close to $200 million to acquire at least 18 startups, in addition to blogging network Tumblr for $1.1 billion. In each instance, Yahoo has locked up engineers with two- to four-year contracts.... " Yeah, that sounds like a…

That depends if they're set to task or given enough to room to build something cool.
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