Comments on: Day 73: The (Sleepy) Attack of the Yahoo Vice Presidents http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070928/day-73-the-sleepy-attack-of-the-yahoo-vice-presidents/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:45:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: The Yahoo Management Structure: Who Is In and Who Is Out? | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070928/day-73-the-sleepy-attack-of-the-yahoo-vice-presidents/#comment-8612 The Yahoo Management Structure: Who Is In and Who Is Out? | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:26:55 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070928/day-73-the-sleepy-attack-of-the-yahoo-vice-presidents/#comment-8612 [...] the reorganization of Yahoo’s top-heavy management structures–I once dubbed it the “attack of the Yahoo vice presidents”–will be a bit sticky, given all the (slow-)moving parts at Yahoo [...] [...] the reorganization of Yahoo’s top-heavy management structures–I once dubbed it the “attack of the Yahoo vice presidents”–will be a bit sticky, given all the (slow-)moving parts at Yahoo [...]

]]> By: Raise The Yangtanic! | Digital Daily | John Paczkowski | AllThingsD http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070928/day-73-the-sleepy-attack-of-the-yahoo-vice-presidents/#comment-1082 Raise The Yangtanic! | Digital Daily | John Paczkowski | AllThingsD Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:58:48 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070928/day-73-the-sleepy-attack-of-the-yahoo-vice-presidents/#comment-1082 [...] radical than inviting 300 employees holding the title of vice-president or higher to a motivational event with Apple CEO Steve Jobs? Yes - sacred cow-slaughtering radical. [...] [...] radical than inviting 300 employees holding the title of vice-president or higher to a motivational event with Apple CEO Steve Jobs? Yes – sacred cow-slaughtering radical. [...]

]]> By: Day 76: The Yahoo Revival Meeting (Starring His Digital Holiness Steve Jobs)! | BoomTown | Kara Swisher | AllThingsD http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070928/day-73-the-sleepy-attack-of-the-yahoo-vice-presidents/#comment-1025 Day 76: The Yahoo Revival Meeting (Starring His Digital Holiness Steve Jobs)! | BoomTown | Kara Swisher | AllThingsD Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:05:17 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070928/day-73-the-sleepy-attack-of-the-yahoo-vice-presidents/#comment-1025 [...] that and more occurred on Friday at Yahoo HQ as CEO Jerry Yang and President Sue Decker really put on a show that seemed to resonate with the 300 plus top Yahoo executives (vice president and above) gathered [...] [...] that and more occurred on Friday at Yahoo HQ as CEO Jerry Yang and President Sue Decker really put on a show that seemed to resonate with the 300 plus top Yahoo executives (vice president and above) gathered [...]

]]> By: Yahoo Breaking Up With The Past - Internet Insider Report http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070928/day-73-the-sleepy-attack-of-the-yahoo-vice-presidents/#comment-1023 Yahoo Breaking Up With The Past - Internet Insider Report Mon, 01 Oct 2007 06:45:00 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070928/day-73-the-sleepy-attack-of-the-yahoo-vice-presidents/#comment-1023 [...] Kara Swisher at All Things D thinks the big meeting will be a big [...] [...] Kara Swisher at All Things D thinks the big meeting will be a big [...]

]]> By: StanleyWong.org » Yahoo! & The Eye of the Tiger http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070928/day-73-the-sleepy-attack-of-the-yahoo-vice-presidents/#comment-1013 StanleyWong.org » Yahoo! & The Eye of the Tiger Sat, 29 Sep 2007 03:38:09 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070928/day-73-the-sleepy-attack-of-the-yahoo-vice-presidents/#comment-1013 [...] has been a lot of press about the problems at Yahoo! and their 100 day quest to reinvigorate the company.  With all this bad press, one has to remember that Yahoo! [...] [...] has been a lot of press about the problems at Yahoo! and their 100 day quest to reinvigorate the company.  With all this bad press, one has to remember that Yahoo! [...]

]]> By: Jim Hillhouse http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070928/day-73-the-sleepy-attack-of-the-yahoo-vice-presidents/#comment-1011 Jim Hillhouse Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:35:21 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070928/day-73-the-sleepy-attack-of-the-yahoo-vice-presidents/#comment-1011 Yahoo! does have a lot going for it. But one thing it doesn't have is mindshare. What do we say when someone asks us where store X is, or what is pancreatitis? We tell them to Google it. Unlike Xerox, Google doesn't seem to lack a will to innovate, which means Yahoo! is going to have its work cut out for it to find holes in Google's armor. Another thing Yahoo! doesn't have, and this is the one thing that will definitely negatively affect its ability to combat Google, is mobil leadership (how's that for new-speak?). As Kara points out, and friends of mine have complained about, doing things at Yahoo! is like doing things at the U.N., so little gets done. Yang nees to pull a Steve Jobs to get the company's attention. Yahoo! does have a lot going for it. But one thing it doesn’t have is mindshare. What do we say when someone asks us where store X is, or what is pancreatitis? We tell them to Google it.

Unlike Xerox, Google doesn’t seem to lack a will to innovate, which means Yahoo! is going to have its work cut out for it to find holes in Google’s armor.

Another thing Yahoo! doesn’t have, and this is the one thing that will definitely negatively affect its ability to combat Google, is mobil leadership (how’s that for new-speak?). As Kara points out, and friends of mine have complained about, doing things at Yahoo! is like doing things at the U.N., so little gets done.

Yang nees to pull a Steve Jobs to get the company’s attention.

]]> By: Fred Klein http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070928/day-73-the-sleepy-attack-of-the-yahoo-vice-presidents/#comment-1010 Fred Klein Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:56:40 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070928/day-73-the-sleepy-attack-of-the-yahoo-vice-presidents/#comment-1010 As with all companies facing cost controls, Yahoo off-shored a percentage of its development efforts to Bangalore. Doing so, will inevitably affect the ability to launch products on time. Cultural and communication issues to a team half-way around the world hampers companies operating in the fast past Internet world. Pulling these efforts closer to home would reduce these launch issues. As with all companies facing cost controls, Yahoo off-shored a percentage of its development efforts to Bangalore.

Doing so, will inevitably affect the ability to launch products on time. Cultural and communication issues to a team half-way around the world hampers companies operating in the fast past Internet world.

Pulling these efforts closer to home would reduce these launch issues.

]]> By: Quote of the Day « Random Musings http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070928/day-73-the-sleepy-attack-of-the-yahoo-vice-presidents/#comment-1007 Quote of the Day « Random Musings Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:22:33 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070928/day-73-the-sleepy-attack-of-the-yahoo-vice-presidents/#comment-1007 [...] of the Day  Kara Swisher predicts the meeting will be a snoozefest, and suggests turning it into “Survivor: The Sunnyvale [...] [...] of the Day  Kara Swisher predicts the meeting will be a snoozefest, and suggests turning it into “Survivor: The Sunnyvale [...]

]]> By: Stanley Wong http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070928/day-73-the-sleepy-attack-of-the-yahoo-vice-presidents/#comment-1006 Stanley Wong Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:09:16 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070928/day-73-the-sleepy-attack-of-the-yahoo-vice-presidents/#comment-1006 Yahoo! has: * Huge consumer audience - check * Large advertising base/reach - check * Number of branded websites - check * Recognizable Brand Name - check In short, Yahoo! has all the assets stacked in their favor to succeed. In the end it really boils down to: Execution, execution, execution! That's about it. The only "sacred cow" that needs to be sacrificed is Yahoo!'s is the slow moving stagnant execution killing company culture. Yahoo! reminds me of the classic movie Rocky 3 where Rocky Balboa has become complacent surrounded by yes men. Mickey dies and can no longer protect Rocky. Clubber Lang (Google) beats the living crap out of Rocky. Rocky, through the help of Apollo, regains his confidence and the "Eye of the Tiger" to learn to fight on his own two feet. Reinventing (or rediscovering) the company's killer instinct (Ey e of the Tiger) begins and ends with the people @ Yahoo! End of story. Yahoo! has:
* Huge consumer audience – check
* Large advertising base/reach – check
* Number of branded websites – check
* Recognizable Brand Name – check

In short, Yahoo! has all the assets stacked in their favor to succeed. In the end it really boils down to:
Execution, execution, execution!

That’s about it. The only “sacred cow” that needs to be sacrificed is Yahoo!’s is the slow moving stagnant execution killing company culture.

Yahoo! reminds me of the classic movie Rocky 3 where Rocky Balboa has become complacent surrounded by yes men. Mickey dies and can no longer protect Rocky. Clubber Lang (Google) beats the living crap out of Rocky. Rocky, through the help of Apollo, regains his confidence and the “Eye of the Tiger” to learn to fight on his own two feet.

Reinventing (or rediscovering) the company’s killer instinct (Ey e of the Tiger) begins and ends with the people @ Yahoo! End of story.

]]> By: John Lin http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070928/day-73-the-sleepy-attack-of-the-yahoo-vice-presidents/#comment-1004 John Lin Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:03:30 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070928/day-73-the-sleepy-attack-of-the-yahoo-vice-presidents/#comment-1004 Ha ha, what a funny but accurate post! Love the photo. When does Brad get voted off of Yahoo! island? Ha ha, what a funny but accurate post! Love the photo. When does Brad get voted off of Yahoo! island?

]]> By: Alex Moskalyuk http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070928/day-73-the-sleepy-attack-of-the-yahoo-vice-presidents/#comment-1003 Alex Moskalyuk Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:11:40 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070928/day-73-the-sleepy-attack-of-the-yahoo-vice-presidents/#comment-1003 No references to 300? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416449/ How about "The enemy outnumber us a paltry 3 to 1, good odds for any Yahoo! This day we rescue a world from contextual advertising and tyranny and usher in a world brighter than anything we can imagine, Give thanks men, to Jerry Yang and the brave 300! TO VICTORY!" No references to 300?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416449/

How about “The enemy outnumber us a paltry 3 to 1, good odds for any Yahoo! This day we rescue a world from contextual advertising and tyranny and usher in a world brighter than anything we can imagine, Give thanks men, to Jerry Yang and the brave 300! TO VICTORY!”

]]> By: Hoover’s Business Insight Zone » Yahoo suffers the death of a thousand meetings? - Hoover's http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070928/day-73-the-sleepy-attack-of-the-yahoo-vice-presidents/#comment-1002 Hoover’s Business Insight Zone » Yahoo suffers the death of a thousand meetings? - Hoover's Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:05:15 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070928/day-73-the-sleepy-attack-of-the-yahoo-vice-presidents/#comment-1002 [...] Swisher has a great run-down of today’s “all-day confab” of Yahoo execs. Yahoo is a VP-heavy culture and so it [...] [...] Swisher has a great run-down of today’s “all-day confab” of Yahoo execs. Yahoo is a VP-heavy culture and so it [...]

]]> By: Social Networks: Why should Microsoft invest $300 million …  »TechAddress http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070928/day-73-the-sleepy-attack-of-the-yahoo-vice-presidents/#comment-1001 Social Networks: Why should Microsoft invest $300 million …  »TechAddress Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:59:28 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070928/day-73-the-sleepy-attack-of-the-yahoo-vice-presidents/#comment-1001 [...] to close a deal. Add to that stress the ennui of the inevitable corporate kumbaya sessions, like Yahoo’s management meeting today. It’s enough to launch anyone into desk rage. So let us know — is your boss looking [...] [...] to close a deal. Add to that stress the ennui of the inevitable corporate kumbaya sessions, like Yahoo’s management meeting today. It’s enough to launch anyone into desk rage. So let us know — is your boss looking [...]

]]> By: I Hate It Here: It’s the end of the quarter as we know it  »TechAddress http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070928/day-73-the-sleepy-attack-of-the-yahoo-vice-presidents/#comment-1000 I Hate It Here: It’s the end of the quarter as we know it  »TechAddress Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:49:15 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070928/day-73-the-sleepy-attack-of-the-yahoo-vice-presidents/#comment-1000 [...] to close a deal. Add to that stress the ennui of the inevitable corporate kumbaya sessions, like Yahoo’s management meeting today. It’s enough to launch anyone into desk rage. So let us know — is your boss looking [...] [...] to close a deal. Add to that stress the ennui of the inevitable corporate kumbaya sessions, like Yahoo’s management meeting today. It’s enough to launch anyone into desk rage. So let us know — is your boss looking [...]

]]> By: Yahoo & Yang’s 100-Day Report Card « GigaOM http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070928/day-73-the-sleepy-attack-of-the-yahoo-vice-presidents/#comment-998 Yahoo & Yang’s 100-Day Report Card « GigaOM Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:25:50 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070928/day-73-the-sleepy-attack-of-the-yahoo-vice-presidents/#comment-998 [...] to Jerry Yang (CEO and co-founder) talk about the future and how it will impact 14,000 Yahooligans. Kara Swisher predicts the meeting will be a snoozefest, and suggests turning it into “Survivor: The Sunnyvale [...] [...] to Jerry Yang (CEO and co-founder) talk about the future and how it will impact 14,000 Yahooligans. Kara Swisher predicts the meeting will be a snoozefest, and suggests turning it into “Survivor: The Sunnyvale [...]

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