Comments on: What Yahoo Should Do http://blogmaverick.com/2008/12/14/what-yahoo-should-do/ the mark cuban weblog Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:04:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Thoughts on a Yahoo/Microsoft Ad Deal « seed change http://blogmaverick.com/2008/12/14/what-yahoo-should-do/#comment-63774 Thoughts on a Yahoo/Microsoft Ad Deal « seed change Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:18:44 +0000 http://blogmaverick.com/?p=927#comment-63774 [...] Cuban got it right when he said that Yahoo should be aggressive acquirers in this market.  There are plenty of [...] [...] Cuban got it right when he said that Yahoo should be aggressive acquirers in this market.  There are plenty of [...]

]]> By: çiçekçi http://blogmaverick.com/2008/12/14/what-yahoo-should-do/#comment-60292 çiçekçi Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:31:56 +0000 http://blogmaverick.com/?p=927#comment-60292 MicroSoft had about 14 billion dollars in net current assets. heyy microsoft :@ MicroSoft had about 14 billion dollars in net current assets.
heyy microsoft :@

]]> By: The Utility of Cash Today | Gorilla Canyon http://blogmaverick.com/2008/12/14/what-yahoo-should-do/#comment-57103 The Utility of Cash Today | Gorilla Canyon Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:47:55 +0000 http://blogmaverick.com/?p=927#comment-57103 [...] struck me most from Tim’s post, and another post I read today by Mark Cuban,  is the power of cash in times where the stock market is plummeting and financing is nearly [...] [...] struck me most from Tim’s post, and another post I read today by Mark Cuban,  is the power of cash in times where the stock market is plummeting and financing is nearly [...]

]]> By: Dan http://blogmaverick.com/2008/12/14/what-yahoo-should-do/#comment-56594 Dan Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:03:22 +0000 http://blogmaverick.com/?p=927#comment-56594 Yahoo!'s fundamental problem is marketing. "Do a Google search" and "Google it" will never go away. I was impressed when I started hearing TV ads where Yahoo! partnered up with a company and asked viewers to search Yahoo! for the product. Nevertheless, their search still sucks. Their icons are from the 90s (although the new site design is rather refreshing). And most importantly, no one knows about their products. Take a product, overhaul it, rebrand it and make it newsworthy. When was the last time Yahoo! had some free press because they had some killer app? The one thing I learned in high school programming was that if you want to get the money (or the A), you need eye candy. Will Smith also realized this when he got into the movie business: 9/10 movies were SFX so those are the movies for which he took roles. Functionality is important, but you need to stun and amaze and make it into a brand. I wish Yahoo! had "Be CEO for a day" because I would totally set the place in motion for domination. Yahoo!’s fundamental problem is marketing. “Do a Google search” and
“Google it” will never go away. I was impressed when I started hearing
TV ads where Yahoo! partnered up with a company and asked viewers to
search Yahoo! for the product. Nevertheless, their search still sucks.
Their icons are from the 90s (although the new site design is
rather refreshing). And most importantly, no one knows about their
products. Take a product, overhaul it, rebrand it and make it
newsworthy. When was the last time Yahoo! had some free press
because they had some killer app? The one thing I learned in high school
programming was that if you want to get the money (or the A), you
need eye candy. Will Smith also realized this when he got into the
movie business: 9/10 movies were SFX so those are the movies for which
he took roles. Functionality is important, but you need to stun and
amaze and make it into a brand.

I wish Yahoo! had “Be CEO for a day” because I would totally set the
place in motion for domination.

]]> By: Patrick http://blogmaverick.com/2008/12/14/what-yahoo-should-do/#comment-56380 Patrick Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:40:21 +0000 http://blogmaverick.com/?p=927#comment-56380 I think the aggregation without integration problem is affecting both Yahoo! and Google. But I see Google making moves to correct that. I hope Yahoo!'s new social networking framework gives them the leg up that they desperately need. I think the aggregation without integration problem is affecting both Yahoo! and Google. But I see Google making moves to correct that. I hope Yahoo!’s new social networking framework gives them the leg up that they desperately need.

]]> By: Mark Sigal http://blogmaverick.com/2008/12/14/what-yahoo-should-do/#comment-56178 Mark Sigal Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:21:09 +0000 http://blogmaverick.com/?p=927#comment-56178 Great idea but wrong company analogy, Mark. Oracle is the wrong model. Cisco is the right one. Why? Oracle is akin to the borg; one mother ship product; one master brain; everything disappears into the core (ala Microsoft and Apple). Cisco, by contrast is all about M&A and post M&A integration in a synergistic fashion. When the company can’t even integrate its own existing products (as ssampier notes), and has failed every bit as poorly to integrate prior acquisitions, accelerating the process is like feeding mass into an entropic force. Light will not escape. Aggregation without integration is Yahoo’s problem and until they fix that it’s just more lipstick on the same pig. Great idea but wrong company analogy, Mark. Oracle is the wrong model. Cisco is the right one. Why? Oracle is akin to the borg; one mother ship product; one master brain; everything disappears into the core (ala Microsoft and Apple). Cisco, by contrast is all about M&A and post M&A integration in a synergistic fashion.

When the company can’t even integrate its own existing products (as ssampier notes), and has failed every bit as poorly to integrate prior acquisitions, accelerating the process is like feeding mass into an entropic force. Light will not escape.

Aggregation without integration is Yahoo’s problem and until they fix that it’s just more lipstick on the same pig.

]]> By: links for 2008-12-22 | BKM Blog http://blogmaverick.com/2008/12/14/what-yahoo-should-do/#comment-55879 links for 2008-12-22 | BKM Blog Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:05:52 +0000 http://blogmaverick.com/?p=927#comment-55879 [...] What Yahoo Should Do « blog maverick (tags: Yahoo strategy m&a consolidation) Share and Enjoy: [...] [...] What Yahoo Should Do « blog maverick (tags: Yahoo strategy m&a consolidation) Share and Enjoy: [...]

]]> By: econ365 http://blogmaverick.com/2008/12/14/what-yahoo-should-do/#comment-55838 econ365 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:21:17 +0000 http://blogmaverick.com/?p=927#comment-55838 Good idea, but there is no one at Yahoo with the guts to pull it off. Now that Yahoo has been de-Yanged, the remaining employees/directors are just looking to avoid the axe. Good idea, but there is no one at Yahoo with the guts to pull it off. Now that Yahoo has been de-Yanged, the remaining employees/directors are just looking to avoid the axe.

]]> By: Kris http://blogmaverick.com/2008/12/14/what-yahoo-should-do/#comment-55831 Kris Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:14:58 +0000 http://blogmaverick.com/?p=927#comment-55831 The problem is that Yahoo already can't handle the aqusitions that it already has. There is no direction and a number of their services are competing with each other. This idea is only going to make that worse. The problem is that Yahoo already can’t handle the aqusitions that it already has. There is no direction and a number of their services are competing with each other. This idea is only going to make that worse.

]]> By: Yahoo Picks Up 30% Stake In Local Info Company INMC | MediaNama http://blogmaverick.com/2008/12/14/what-yahoo-should-do/#comment-55790 Yahoo Picks Up 30% Stake In Local Info Company INMC | MediaNama Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:22:23 +0000 http://blogmaverick.com/?p=927#comment-55790 [...] read Mark Cuban’s post on what Yahoo should do, where he suggests that “Yahoo should be on the warpath, vetting each and every media (yes [...] [...] read Mark Cuban’s post on what Yahoo should do, where he suggests that “Yahoo should be on the warpath, vetting each and every media (yes [...]

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