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Also this is the first time I've heard of Yammer, while Yahoo is big and old. Is this even a likely occurrence? Have they had or hired many or any yahoo ex empl

Also this is the first time I've heard of Yammer, while Yahoo is big and old. Is this even a likely occurrence? Have they had or hired many or any yahoo ex employees in the past? Headline read to me "Small no name startup says they won't hire employees from huge company that's also never heard of them" Seems all about the publicity.

troels 15y ago
That's just you though. Yammer is a pretty well established company. Not large compared to Yahoo, but not a tiny unknown one either.
techwraith 15y ago
Yammer as a company has almost 300 employees, just raised an $85 million round, is growing like crazy, and has (a lot of) real revenue. Hardly a "small no name startup".
- brown9-2 15y ago
  and has (a lot of) real revenue Do they make those numbers public though? All I could find was this http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/26/yammer-doubling-revenue-every-quarter-no-fear-of-salesforce/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/26/yammer-doubling-revenue-eve... Revenue in 2009 was “seven figures.” I asked Sacks to narrow that down in the video but he refused. He does say that Q1 2010 revenue exceeded all of 2009 revenue, and that revenue is now doubling every quarter. Yammer’s revenue goal by end of year is to be at a $10 million annual run rate. That's not nothing, but it seems unfair to laud a company for bringing in a lot of real revenue if they don't disclose the actual number.
  - techwraith 15y ago
    What private company discloses their revenue numbers?
    - brown9-2 15y ago
      But then how can you claim they have "(a lot of) real revenue" without being about to backup the assertion?
      - techwraith 15y ago
        I just can't publicly back it up ;)
jordibunster 15y ago
I know of at least three (great) people here at Yammer that we previously hired from Yahoo.
psycho 15y ago
You may check this out: http://www.linkedin.com/search/fpsearch?keywords=Yahoo&company=Yammer&currentCompany=CP&searchLocationType=I&countryCode=us&keepFacets=keepFacets&page_num=1&pplSearchOrigin=ADVS&viewCriteria=1&sortCriteria=R&redir=redir http://www.linkedin.com/search/fpsearch?keywords=Yahoo&c...

troels 15y ago

That's just you though. Yammer is a pretty well established company. Not large compared to Yahoo, but not a tiny unknown one either.

techwraith 15y ago

Yammer as a company has almost 300 employees, just raised an $85 million round, is growing like crazy, and has (a lot of) real revenue. Hardly a "small no name startup".

brown9-2 15y ago
and has (a lot of) real revenue Do they make those numbers public though? All I could find was this http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/26/yammer-doubling-revenue-every-quarter-no-fear-of-salesforce/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/26/yammer-doubling-revenue-eve... Revenue in 2009 was “seven figures.” I asked Sacks to narrow that down in the video but he refused. He does say that Q1 2010 revenue exceeded all of 2009 revenue, and that revenue is now doubling every quarter. Yammer’s revenue goal by end of year is to be at a $10 million annual run rate. That's not nothing, but it seems unfair to laud a company for bringing in a lot of real revenue if they don't disclose the actual number.
- techwraith 15y ago
  What private company discloses their revenue numbers?
  - brown9-2 15y ago
    But then how can you claim they have "(a lot of) real revenue" without being about to backup the assertion?
    - techwraith 15y ago
      I just can't publicly back it up ;)

jordibunster 15y ago

I know of at least three (great) people here at Yammer that we previously hired from Yahoo.

psycho 15y ago

You may check this out: http://www.linkedin.com/search/fpsearch?keywords=Yahoo&company=Yammer&currentCompany=CP&searchLocationType=I&countryCode=us&keepFacets=keepFacets&page_num=1&pplSearchOrigin=ADVS&viewCriteria=1&sortCriteria=R&redir=redir http://www.linkedin.com/search/fpsearch?keywords=Yahoo&c...