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Tim Armstrong wanting to merge with Yahoo
- Kavan 15y agoA classic case of 1 + 1 = 0? Been thinking recently, what internet brands have come back from the dead? (Not Apple, they are a hardware company.) The Napster brand was acquired, but the new company never really made it. I was chatting to a young dev on the Zaarly startup crawl who said he worked in 'gaming', but when pressed he said he worked for a startup acquired by Yahoo. He didn't like saying he worked at Yahoo. That is a very strong signal they are dying. MySpace, Bebo, Friendster. It seems like once you hit the deadpool or are on your way down, there is no way back?
- samstave 15y agoI posted this to the other thread on this topic: --- I said the following here on Yahoo almost a year ago: "Yahoo is dead. I don't know how they can do a meaningful recovery. Sure - they probably have enough cash to stay alive for a while - but if I were yahoo, I would be focusing on investing in every single startup in the valley in an effort to own some % of future innovation, which they have lost. I cant see anything revolutionary occurring with their web property - their IP is mostly uninteresting and I cant imagine a large % of their staff being of too much interest to FB or Goog. I am sure there are some top devs there that would do well to migrate out - but for the majority of their staff, they must have few options. Seriously - Yahoo could do well just becoming a very prolific investor in everything happening around them, rather than thinking a new haircut and convertable will alleviate their mid-life crisis."