All Things Digital

Skip to main content.

BoomTown

WSJD? (What Should Jerry Do?): The Leftovers! Also: Day 83!

Back around Day 55–ah, the lazy days of midpoint in Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang’s 100-day No-Sacred-Cows VisionQuest for the revitalization of the company he co-founded–I asked a bunch of people around Silicon Valley what they would do to help the beleaguered leader.

We got some good answers to be sure (the video is reposted below), but we left out these two new ones we also did at the time from venture capitalist David Sze of Greylock Partners and Max Levchin of Slide–both of whom were quite a bit sharper in tone! Tough love!

By the way, it’s Day 83 (not that we’re counting or anything), so get ready for my special 10-day countdown starting in one week!

It’ll be like the 12 days of Christmas, but without partridges, pear trees or any golden-ring harmonizing (although we are considering 300 Yahoo Vice Presidents a-leaping!)

lord

Here’s Sze and Levchin:

Add a Comment

You must be logged in to post a comment. Sign up here or log in below.

Comments posted on this site must be signed with your full, real name. Please see our Comments policy for details.

Latest BoomTown Videos

More Videos »

About Kara

Kara Swisher started covering digital issues for The Wall Street Journal's San Francisco bureau in 1997 and also wrote the BoomTown column about the sector. With Walt Mossberg, she co-produces and co-hosts D: All Things Digital, a major high-tech and media conference.

Read more »

Ethics Statement

Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.

Read more »