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I'd cut everything that isn't profitable. Cut the employee base to the very, very minimum. Return as much as possible to the shareholders. Start paying a divide

by joshu 16y ago

I'd cut everything that isn't profitable. Cut the employee base to the very, very minimum. Return as much as possible to the shareholders. Start paying a dividend.

Terretta 16y ago
"What would I do? I'd shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders." -- Michael Dell on Apple, 1997 http://news.cnet.com/Dell-Apple-should-close-shop/2100-1001_3-203937.html http://news.cnet.com/Dell-Apple-should-close-shop/2100-1001_...
- pstuart 16y ago
  In all fairness, without the return of Jobs that probably would have been ok.
- joshu 16y ago
  I did spend almost three years there.
bvi 16y ago
I agree. Yahoo is floundering because there is no focus. The company's tentacles are in every pot, the typical "Jack of all trades, master of none." They desperately need a Mark Hurd. Someone ruthless, someone aggressive, someone with the balls to say, "no."
- niccolop 16y ago
  To some extent though, that's what Bartz has been getting wrong. Even managing to anger some of their best partners.