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She should've focused on growth adjacent to Yahoo's core strengths -- trying to acquire FanDuel in its earlier days, for instance. Maybe we could've seen Yahoo
by zelias 10y ago
She should've focused on growth adjacent to Yahoo's core strengths -- trying to acquire FanDuel in its earlier days, for instance. Maybe we could've seen Yahoo lead the daily fantasy sports industry.
- deepfriedbits 10y agoAs I understand it, she/they did try to make a play here, acquiring Jerry Shen and Bignoggins for fantasy innovation, including daily stuff. Unfortunately, he was quickly fired from Yahoo! for sending out an inter-department email quoting N.W.A. (the rap group) with language one wouldn't consider work appropriate – particularly at a company that size.
- oldmanjay 10y agoI guess there's a pretty good argument to be made that people deserve to be protected from concepts that offend them. I've just never heard it.
- sjg007 10y agoOne issue is that fan duel is basically illegal in the us, despite the legislation that seems to legalize it.. Now maybe as an overseas fan duel could work.