Comments on: After the CEO, Yahoo needs to fire its board

By: Tequity

Tequity — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:37:32 +0000

After the CEO, Yahoo needs to fire its board. Great insight by @om http://t.co/JOxFKNuM

By: anibalismo

anibalismo — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:00:38 +0000

I also backup the WebOs/Hp fusion, but add the Samsung factor to the equation. Samsung seems to be looking an extra partner (besides android/google) to empower Bada… Would yahoo fit?

By: cheese

cheese — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:50:35 +0000

Well since you guys are on a serious note.. I suppose the Yahoo board guys have discarded their phones by now. And have moved to gmail as well :-)

By: BC Brant

BC Brant — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 22:28:04 +0000

How can you write an entire column about revamping Yahoo’s board w/o questioning Jerry Yang’s leadership, both as a board member and former CEO?

By: Sunil Ciszewski

Sunil Ciszewski — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:16:01 +0000

Here’s something they could do. Every 6 months have a contest for the best new online content/game/social media/business app idea. Have a section on the Yahoo home page that promotes and markets the newest winner and push it till they’re red in the face.

In return for hosting their application at Yahoo, the innovators get $100,000, 12 months use of free office space, and access to Yahoo’s infrastructure and data. After the 12 months are up the company can go on it’s way or stay on as a Yahoo application.

This would be an easy idea for them to implement.

Cheers!

By: Rohit Mishra

Rohit Mishra — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:15:00 +0000

With the foul experience Dennis Crowley had after selling Dodgeball to Google, I think there is little chance of him even thinking of selling foursquare to Yahoo.

By: Michael Yunkin

Michael Yunkin — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:54:52 +0000

Yahoo should start buying online magazines, esp. tablet-ready ones. They can’t compete with Google and Apple, but they can at least compete with AOL in the content arena.

By: Fadi El-Eter

Fadi El-Eter — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:48:45 +0000

From an investor’s point of view, Yahoo is a doomed company. The company has no future, and I don’t know of anyone visiting yahoo anymore, except for the visits it gets from Google through its answers.

By: Nish

Nish — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 08:11:45 +0000

Why was the Flickr acquisition so bad? It’s still a great tool, prefer it to Picasa. They also have a great app for ipad/iphone making photo uploads a breeze

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 07:00:34 +0000

You’re right on the board problem. You’re just dead wrong on the acquisition “solution”. First of all, acquisitions almost never remake a company. Second of all, you’re talking about spending ~$4 billion to get Hulu + Foursquare + Flipboard. Exactly one of those has any revenue at all. Oy vey! They need to think small and cheap on the acquisition front, not pricey and business-model-free.