Assuming Yahoo was aware of the top management's threat of leaving if sold to Yahoo, it quite likely would have torpedoed the Yahoo deal. Even if Yahoo wasn't

Assuming Yahoo was aware of the top management's threat of leaving if sold to Yahoo, it quite likely would have torpedoed the Yahoo deal. Even if Yahoo wasn't aware of the threat, I would think the Yelp board would be in trouble if they sold a "furnished house" to Yelp at a 25% premium, but it turned out that the house's furnishings all disappeared before Yahoo took possession.