Comments on: Semel out, Yang in at Yahoo http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/semel-out-yang-in-at-yahoo/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:29:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: SlickDealer http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/semel-out-yang-in-at-yahoo/#comment-172691 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 06:10:10 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/06/18/semel-out-yang-in-at-yahoo/#comment-172691 Exact reason why you NEVER bring Hollywood up to Silicon Valley, or anyone from southern california up to Northern California.

]]> By: ronald http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/semel-out-yang-in-at-yahoo/#comment-172690 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:10:30 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/06/18/semel-out-yang-in-at-yahoo/#comment-172690 Doesn’t a good Strategic Vision imply winning. Otherwise your strategy is wrong or you play to lose. Or didn’t the old CEO got axed because there was no strategy and now they are “Realizing Yahoo!’s Strategic Vision” which is …?
And since they have to “Fostering a Culture of Winning” they seem to play a strategy to lose.
Ok, to much fun with the usual hot air :-)

]]> By: ValleyGrunt http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/semel-out-yang-in-at-yahoo/#comment-172689 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:40:52 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/06/18/semel-out-yang-in-at-yahoo/#comment-172689 I agree. Yahoo has tremendous upside potential, and Susan Decker looks very capable of taking it to the next level. She might become the “Hottest CEO in Silicon Valley” for multiple reasons :-p

]]> By: francis idada http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/semel-out-yang-in-at-yahoo/#comment-172688 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:36:57 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/06/18/semel-out-yang-in-at-yahoo/#comment-172688 What does a post-google era actually mean? I think google has it all wrong and very soon it would become evident, google is going to be like microsoft, spread yourself too thin, lose your focus and have someone else eat your lunch.

Yahoo transformed from an internet directory into an internet destination, which saved it during the first dotcom collapse. Google primary focus on search would keep it going until intelligent search (semantic web) shove it off. Yahoo should not try to be like google instead it should unlock the large value inherently in it as the internets choice destination.

Yahoo voip systems, are one of the better I have used, even better than skype and still free, yahoo games are one of a kind on the internet, yahoo finance is moderately informative. What yahoo should be trying to do is how to monetise these properties outside of pushing adverts, which can only bring in so much income.

]]> By: luis http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/semel-out-yang-in-at-yahoo/#comment-172687 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:17:39 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/06/18/semel-out-yang-in-at-yahoo/#comment-172687 Good Riddance!!! Now Yahoo can move forward with the aggressiveness it needs to catch up. No more meetings with 50 MBA’s in a room that got nowhere and decisions by consensus.

Today they have the perfect organization to get the results they are getting. Change it and move on!

]]> By: nick http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/semel-out-yang-in-at-yahoo/#comment-172686 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:08:15 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/06/18/semel-out-yang-in-at-yahoo/#comment-172686 Don’t be naive. Yahoo hasn’t lost. My retarded cousin’s two legged dog could have ran the company better than Semel. Google is getting too big for its own good, and people aren’t going to put up with their privacy problems anymore. I’m long Yahoo, not because I think Yang is amazing, but because Semel isn’t running the company.

]]> By: gwhiz http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/semel-out-yang-in-at-yahoo/#comment-172685 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:57:43 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/06/18/semel-out-yang-in-at-yahoo/#comment-172685 “Finally” is right! Mrs. Decke’s grooming is near complete. Think of Mr. Yang as finishing school.

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/semel-out-yang-in-at-yahoo/#comment-172684 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:47:08 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/06/18/semel-out-yang-in-at-yahoo/#comment-172684 Juha

I agree with you – and to think that someone actually gets paid for this? it is really strange. anyway the way i see it, jerry has got to be a stop gap CEO, perhaps slowly grooming Sue Decker to take over.

]]> By: Ben Metcalfe http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/semel-out-yang-in-at-yahoo/#comment-172683 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:33:04 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/06/18/semel-out-yang-in-at-yahoo/#comment-172683 I really think Yahoo needs passion right now, as Semel has been pretty devoid of any passion for sometime.

And if anyone can inject some passion into a company, a co-founder can. Yahoo! has never fully reinvented itself for a post-Google era. I hope Jerry can lead this once again.

Yahoo! also continues to keep Google honest, and if nothing else it’s because of this that I’m looking forward to Yahoo! finding its feet once again.

]]> By: Juha http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/semel-out-yang-in-at-yahoo/#comment-172682 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:28:30 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/06/18/semel-out-yang-in-at-yahoo/#comment-172682 “Flailing giant” – quite like that. So not failing then? :)

“A culture of winning” is also fantastic. Who comes up with these excellent yet completely empty and meaningless corporate expressions?

]]> By: Sramana Mitra http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/semel-out-yang-in-at-yahoo/#comment-172681 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:15:06 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/06/18/semel-out-yang-in-at-yahoo/#comment-172681 Turnaround possible. Remember my strategy piece?

]]> By: zxspectrum http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/semel-out-yang-in-at-yahoo/#comment-172680 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:08:41 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/06/18/semel-out-yang-in-at-yahoo/#comment-172680 2late…they lost.

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