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Yes, scary. And given Mayer's penchant for numbers your suspicion is almost certainly the case. It reminds me of Henry Ford saying "If I asked people what they
by dmfdmf 10y ago
Yes, scary. And given Mayer's penchant for numbers your suspicion is almost certainly the case. It reminds me of Henry Ford saying "If I asked people what they wanted they'd say a faster horse". Mayer was suppose to lead the company not be a poll-following huckster.
- devonkim 10y agoBeing a visionary takes a lot, lot more guts and risk-taking than people tend to think. It's not clear what the Yahoo board wanted in its CEO. Perhaps the board had mostly given up on Yahoo reclaiming its branding status in higher value markets and just wanted a way to stabilize stock prices before selling and making it an attractive acquisition target. We really don't know as outsiders.