Comments on: The Sweet, Sweet Irony of Mark Cuban and Yahoo http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080515/the-sweet-sweet-irony-of-mark-cuban-and-yahoo/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: renaissance chambara | Ged Carroll - A quick primer re @blakei @yahoo #delicious http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080515/the-sweet-sweet-irony-of-mark-cuban-and-yahoo/#comment-60615 renaissance chambara | Ged Carroll - A quick primer re @blakei @yahoo #delicious Sun, 26 Dec 2010 12:02:39 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080515/the-sweet-sweet-irony-of-mark-cuban-and-yahoo/#comment-60615 [...] pioneer Broadcast.com. This was before broadband was commonplace and the deal is now considered an episode of foolishness. It was also notable for being close to the high point of Yahoo! as a company. Moving forward to [...] [...] pioneer Broadcast.com. This was before broadband was commonplace and the deal is now considered an episode of foolishness. It was also notable for being close to the high point of Yahoo! as a company. Moving forward to [...]

]]> By: Mark Cuban Weighs in on Yahoo (aka, a Jerry Yang Nightmare) | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080515/the-sweet-sweet-irony-of-mark-cuban-and-yahoo/#comment-6893 Mark Cuban Weighs in on Yahoo (aka, a Jerry Yang Nightmare) | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:51:03 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080515/the-sweet-sweet-irony-of-mark-cuban-and-yahoo/#comment-6893 [...] Cuban and Yahoo have a rocky history. Yahoo bought his company, Broadcast.com, in the Web 1.0 boom in 1999 for $5.7 billion in stock, which Cuban promptly sold at the peak. [...] [...] Cuban and Yahoo have a rocky history. Yahoo bought his company, Broadcast.com, in the Web 1.0 boom in 1999 for $5.7 billion in stock, which Cuban promptly sold at the peak. [...]

]]> By: Yahoo Annual Meeting Countdown (4 Days to Go!): Who Will Be the New Board Members? | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080515/the-sweet-sweet-irony-of-mark-cuban-and-yahoo/#comment-3602 Yahoo Annual Meeting Countdown (4 Days to Go!): Who Will Be the New Board Members? | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:14:33 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080515/the-sweet-sweet-irony-of-mark-cuban-and-yahoo/#comment-3602 [...] Yang will surely deny everyone the exquisite pleasure by picking Cuban (pictured here), the former Broadcast.com honcho who got rich via a Yahoo acquisition in Web 1.0, [...] [...] Yang will surely deny everyone the exquisite pleasure by picking Cuban (pictured here), the former Broadcast.com honcho who got rich via a Yahoo acquisition in Web 1.0, [...]

]]> By: Robert Hancock http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080515/the-sweet-sweet-irony-of-mark-cuban-and-yahoo/#comment-3223 Robert Hancock Sun, 18 May 2008 04:19:41 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080515/the-sweet-sweet-irony-of-mark-cuban-and-yahoo/#comment-3223 Genius move on part of Icahn, seriously. Not only does Cuban bring the acumen to actually contribute, but he plays like Icahn, he is obsessive in the same way. Not sure who has a bigger ego, but I guarantee you that Cuban would *love* to have his name associated with the team that flushed the Yahoo BOD, but moreso one of the guys that made all the shareholders profit. Marc Andreessen wrote a fantastic blog about how this whole deal would go down, detail blow by blow. http://blog.pmarca.com/2008/04/if-microsoft-go.html After reading this, I did some research on how many F500 companies have a staggered BOD...not Yahoo though. As KS says...at least they get to write all lower case and keep their ! So, Jerry: 1. Turns down two offers at a significant premium to shareholders. 2. Misses out on an opportunity to innovate and really go head to head with Googe without having to make Wallstreet happy every quarter. 3. Doesn't have a plan B 4. Doesn't and didn't have better offers (or any offers for that matter) to justify turning MSFT down twice! 5. Continues to make sensless acquisitions and play golf while everyone is wondering what is wrong...or what is right that he isn't telling us. It's gotta suck to get fired from the company you started. Genius move on part of Icahn, seriously. Not only does Cuban bring the acumen to actually contribute, but he plays like Icahn, he is obsessive in the same way. Not sure who has a bigger ego, but I guarantee you that Cuban would *love* to have his name associated with the team that flushed the Yahoo BOD, but moreso one of the guys that made all the shareholders profit.

Marc Andreessen wrote a fantastic blog about how this whole deal would go down, detail blow by blow. http://blog.pmarca.com/2008/04.....ft-go.html

After reading this, I did some research on how many F500 companies have a staggered BOD…not Yahoo though. As KS says…at least they get to write all lower case and keep their !

So, Jerry:

1. Turns down two offers at a significant premium to shareholders.
2. Misses out on an opportunity to innovate and really go head to head with Googe without having to make Wallstreet happy every quarter.
3. Doesn’t have a plan B
4. Doesn’t and didn’t have better offers (or any offers for that matter) to justify turning MSFT down twice!
5. Continues to make sensless acquisitions and play golf while everyone is wondering what is wrong…or what is right that he isn’t telling us.

It’s gotta suck to get fired from the company you started.

]]> By: John Lin http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080515/the-sweet-sweet-irony-of-mark-cuban-and-yahoo/#comment-3220 John Lin Fri, 16 May 2008 17:00:06 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080515/the-sweet-sweet-irony-of-mark-cuban-and-yahoo/#comment-3220 To Prashant's point, Cuban did start and sell a company prior to Broadcast.com netting him millions. Was Cuban more lucky than smart with Broadcast.com? Maybe - but there were plenty of those types of people during the dot com bubble. Cuban gets a lot of flack because he has a big mouth, but I would tend to agree that he's not a dummy. Whether or not Cuban should be on the Yahoo! board, that is another question. To Prashant’s point, Cuban did start and sell a company prior to Broadcast.com netting him millions.

Was Cuban more lucky than smart with Broadcast.com? Maybe – but there were plenty of those types of people during the dot com bubble.

Cuban gets a lot of flack because he has a big mouth, but I would tend to agree that he’s not a dummy. Whether or not Cuban should be on the Yahoo! board, that is another question.

]]> By: Prashant Singh http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080515/the-sweet-sweet-irony-of-mark-cuban-and-yahoo/#comment-3219 Prashant Singh Fri, 16 May 2008 03:47:34 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080515/the-sweet-sweet-irony-of-mark-cuban-and-yahoo/#comment-3219 Allen, Lets Face it ..Cuban is Smart. Broadcast.com is not his only success . he has created and sold two more venture and he has invested in many good startups .REad his blog once to know what you are talking about . Now back to the original theme of this post : Should he be there on board .I think He shouldn't . But My thinking ( or yours ,for that matter ) is not imp here. this is an issue of once judgment ,He might be having his own reasons .we are no one to define morality /ethics for Cuban . This is a free world . Allen,
Lets Face it ..Cuban is Smart. Broadcast.com is not his only success . he has created and sold two more venture and he has invested in many good startups .REad his blog once to know what you are talking about .

Now back to the original theme of this post : Should he be there on board .I think He shouldn’t . But My thinking ( or yours ,for that matter ) is not imp here. this is an issue of once judgment ,He might be having his own reasons .we are no one to define morality /ethics for Cuban . This is a free world .

]]> By: Allen Anderson http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080515/the-sweet-sweet-irony-of-mark-cuban-and-yahoo/#comment-3218 Allen Anderson Fri, 16 May 2008 01:06:23 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080515/the-sweet-sweet-irony-of-mark-cuban-and-yahoo/#comment-3218 So, Mark Cuban is one of Icahn's guys. What a team. I am in favor of a sale to Microsoft but not headed up by people like Cuban. this guy stuck it lucky rich one time and now is an internet expert? So, Mark Cuban is one of Icahn’s guys. What a team. I am in favor of a sale to Microsoft but not headed up by people like Cuban. this guy stuck it lucky rich one time and now is an internet expert?

]]> By: John Lin http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080515/the-sweet-sweet-irony-of-mark-cuban-and-yahoo/#comment-3216 John Lin Thu, 15 May 2008 23:22:01 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080515/the-sweet-sweet-irony-of-mark-cuban-and-yahoo/#comment-3216 I remember shortly after Mark Cuban sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo!, the Wall Street Journal wrote this terrific, and highly embarrassing to Yahoo!, article describing how Cuban sold Broadcast.com, and quickly started shorting Yahoo! stock. I can't seem to find that article on WSJ.com, but it is a great read. I remember shortly after Mark Cuban sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo!, the Wall Street Journal wrote this terrific, and highly embarrassing to Yahoo!, article describing how Cuban sold Broadcast.com, and quickly started shorting Yahoo! stock. I can’t seem to find that article on WSJ.com, but it is a great read.

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