Unfortunately, because of the breadth of what Yahoo does, they sort of became mediocre in so many properties.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Yahoo is a company that is very strong in content.
I think Yahoo has been doing so many things well for so long and, frankly, got a little trapped in, I think, 'Oh, what is Yahoo?'
Yahoo is all about content. Deep reservoirs of important content in many, many strong areas.
Not only does Yahoo! have a unique franchise, it increasingly has industry-leading tools, technology and, most importantly, people.
When you think of Yahoo, they had a shot to be what Vox is doing, in terms of taking content and distribution, and really focusing on news, sports, finance - the things that uniquely Yahoo was really terrific at - and really build that whole flywheel.
Yahoo is positioned for accelerated financial growth. We have a powerful consumer brand, a huge global audience, and a highly profitable operating model.
Certainly Yahoo! wouldn't exist without the sort of environment that Stanford gave us to allow us to create it.
Yahoo is still in many ways the definitive brand of the consumer Internet, but I don't think they can or should compete with Google any longer. That game is over.
I think Yahoo is a great company, with great assets.
Yahoo to me, as the founder of a company, is one of the biggest opportunities you could have; it's one of those classic Internet companies.