Posted by Jonathan Tarud
on February 11, 2008
Owen Thomas on Yang’s original turn around plan:
Four months ago, Yang reassigned hundreds of employees to skunkworks projects, with the goal to make Yahoo “relevant.” They’re now working on a few specific projects:
-Rethinking the Yahoo homepage
-Consolidating Yahoo’s plethora of social networks
-Opening up Yahoo to third parties with a consistent platform similar to Facebook’s
-Revamping Yahoo’s network infrastructure
If Yahoo con accomplish all of these, I think we got ourself a winning ticket.
(Via Valleywag.)
Posted by Jonathan Tarud
on February 09, 2008
According to Michael Arrington Yahoo’s board is getting ready to reject Microsoft’s buyout bid (or maybe just asking for more money….$40 a share?).
I am a Google fan, but I really want to see Yahoo step it up a notch. Hopefully Yang will reject and engage! Yahoo could do so much better, just like Apple in 1997.
(Via TechCrunch.)
Posted by Jonathan Tarud
on February 08, 2008
Apart from the recent layoff announcements made by Jerry Yang, a Microsoft purchase would probably lead to even more layoffs. This will be very devastating for a lot of people, but could actually refuel the Web 2.0 movement(noticed I didn’t say bubble?).
As a result of the layoffs a lot of engineers will probably polish their shelved plans for web domination. Hopefully they’ll get on their feet quickly and start developing cool apps that could become successful companies.
Or they can just join startups, bringing with them tons of experience to help them mature. A great example is Chris Szeto former Director of Product Management for Yahoo! Messenger who just took a gig as Senior Director of Products at Meebo.