Yahoo acquires GoPollGo
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Yahoo acquires GoPollGo
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Re: Yahoo acquires GoPollGo
#2The announcement is posted at http://gopollgo.com/
Congratulations on the acquisition, OP.
Re: Yahoo acquires GoPollGo
#3Title correction: Yahoo acqui-hires GoPollGo. Like Summly, the service itself will disappear completely.
Re: Yahoo acquires GoPollGo
#4Just recently I read pg's old essay on Microsoft. (http://www.paulgraham.com/microsoft.html)
> The surprising fact is, brilliant hackers—dangerously brilliant hackers—can be had very cheaply, by the standards of a company as rich as Microsoft. They can't hire smart people anymore, but they could buy as many as they wanted for only an order of magnitude more.
This seems like Marissa Mayer's strategy.
Re: Yahoo acquires GoPollGo
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Re: Yahoo acquires GoPollGo
#6The announcement at http://gopollgo.com/ hits all the acquisition bingo spots:
* "We are excited"
* "It has been so rewarding
* "We're so excited"
* "we couldn’t be happier"
* "thanks to all our users,"
* "As of today, we'll no longer be supporting [GoPollGo]"
Re: Yahoo acquires GoPollGo
#7How to hire smart people for your multinational corporation and get free PR in the process:
- comb through startups with talented founders
- "acquire" their "company"
- Make techcrunch headlines
- 2 to 4 year committed employees, team oftentimes included
- ???
- Profit
Re: Yahoo acquires GoPollGo
#8Just recently I read pg's old essay on Microsoft. ( http://www.paulgraham.com/microsoft.html ) > The surprising fact is, brilliant hackers—dangerously brilliant hackers—can be had very cheaply, by the standards of a company as rich as Microsoft. They can't hire smart people anymore, but they could buy as many as they wanted for only an order of magnitude more. This seems like Marissa Mayer's strategy.
But what happens to these hackers when they arrive to a company that has Yahoo's culture? That's their problem. Their culture is the same one as any shitty American company.
Re: Yahoo acquires GoPollGo
#9Just recently I read pg's old essay on Microsoft. ( http://www.paulgraham.com/microsoft.html ) > The surprising fact is, brilliant hackers—dangerously brilliant hackers—can be had very cheaply, by the standards of a company as rich as Microsoft. They can't hire smart people anymore, but they could buy as many as they wanted for only an order of magnitude more. This seems like Marissa Mayer's strategy.
"They[Microsoft] can't hire smart people anymore" is easily the most fatuous thing he's written.
Re: Yahoo acquires GoPollGo
#10Just recently I read pg's old essay on Microsoft. ( http://www.paulgraham.com/microsoft.html ) > The surprising fact is, brilliant hackers—dangerously brilliant hackers—can be had very cheaply, by the standards of a company as rich as Microsoft. They can't hire smart people anymore, but they could buy as many as they wanted for only an order of magnitude more. This seems like Marissa Mayer's strategy.
But what happens to these hackers when they arrive to a company that has Yahoo's culture? That's their problem. Their culture is the same one as any shitty American company.
The essay addressed this:
> Put them all in a building in Silicon Valley, surrounded by lead shielding to protect them from any contact with Redmond.
Assuming Yahoo should do the same. :)