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Ideas and startup goes to Yahoo to die.
by pavs 16y ago
Ideas and startup goes to Yahoo to die.
- dbeam 16y agoI personally believe that without big players like Yahoo!, many ideas would not become startups because there'd be no exit strategy nor funding. @pavs - Where do you work that's better? What ideas have come out of it that are even worthy of having a Hacker News thread? What products do you work on that people love so much they're distraught with a mention of them not existing? Link me, :D.
- pavs 16y agoI have to work somewhere better in order for me to criticize a sinkhole that is yahoo? What kind of argument is that? If you must know, I am self employed. > I personally believe that without big players like Yahoo!, many ideas would not become startups because there'd be no exit strategy nor funding. That has nothing to do with anything I have said.
- gojomo 16y agoI wish I could upvote your first paragraph and downvote your second paragraph.
- spenrose 16y agoNot just Yahoo: http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/12/14/dont-buy-that-internet-company/ http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/12/14/dont-buy-th... "Big established companies with their own revenue streams simply don’t have the skillset needed to be the next Y Combinator" Of course, insofar as YC depends on acquisition, there's a problem there too.
- tsbaron 16y agoWhich is exactly why Groupon wisely backed away from a deal with Yahoo.
- w1ntermute 16y agoConsidering they also rejected Google's offer, I'd say there was more to it than Yahoo's past failures.
- tsbaron 16y agoYou are right. However, I don't think Yahoo's track record in integrating acquired companies helped them at all. Google is perceived as an innovative company where Yahoo seems to follow the leader.
- parano 16y agoYahoo cares about products that make revenue, which is why it is dropping things like delicious. I think Groupon would have had a different priority within the company.