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I have a question about this article and in general about every article in the lines of -how to save X -what was the problem of Y -what should XY focus t
by xlayn 11y ago
I have a question about this article and in general about every article in the lines of
-how to save X
-what was the problem of Y
-what should XY focus to fix the problem
How is it possible for the poster (say a blogger or a more pro journalist) to be able to pinpoint a problem, a solution or to offer a plan to follow to get X afloat?
I mean if every one knows how is it that X still cannot get afloat, they could be hired to fix the solution but this is the case under which Marissa in this case were hired right?
Or are this articles baseless most of the time?
- supster 11y agoThe articles are usually written after the events have played out, so the authors have the benefit of hindsight. Marissa on the other hand had to make tough decisions in the moment.
- throwaway_exer 11y agoEx-employees and Silicon Valley insiders often do have valuable insight, including foresight. Boards generally hire a CEO to sort out the issues rather than "crowd-sourcing", so even informed opinion is not used. Marissa was a better choice than the previous bozos, but still a bozo - somebody who only had one job since uni, dated the founder of Google, and never was a CxO in a public company. Shame on the Yahoo board, yet again. In other words, not a businessperson.
- yuhong 11y agoI really wish the restrictions can be reduced or removed so @pmarca etc can tweet more on the companies of which they are on the board of. Same for the CEOs itself, and CEOs and other executives should be allowed to tweet at board members and vice versa.
- nikdaheratik 11y agoIt is also possible to know what "the problem" is and still be unable to find and implement "the solution" in the climate a business is in. The reason why new companies are able to succeed where old companies fail is because they don't have to deal with investor expectations or legacy projects that are sucking down talent and resources, but can't be cut because of politics and the fact that you need the income they're bringing in now even though you know they will be deadwood over the long term.
- ojbyrne 11y agoEverybody loves strategy. It's an easy and fun fantasy to put yourself in the place of the CEO at a giant company. And it doesn't feel like science, where you have to actually study lots of math before you can have an opinion.
- gaius 11y agoOutside perspective. Same reason companies hire (very expensive) management consultants.