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?
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."
[+] [-] Kavan|14 years ago|reply
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|14 years ago|reply
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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."