You can’t buy cool May 202013 Yahoo!’s purchase of Tumblr in the pursuit of ‘cool’ is the latest example of Silicon Valley’s greater fool business model. May 20, 2013 Posted by Paul Wallbank at 7:45 am No Responses entrepreneurs, Innovation, Investment, media, new media Tagged with: greater fools, investment, tumblr, yahoo!
Using big data to find the cupboard is bare Mar 032013 Yahoo! Chief Executive Marissa Mayer is an example of how modern managers are diving into big data to figure out what is going on in their company March 3, 2013 Posted by Paul Wallbank at 11:05 pm 1 Response business advice, management Tagged with: big data, management, Marissa Mayer, yahoo!
Was telecommuting another broken technology promise? Feb 252013 Is telecommuting another broken technology promise? February 25, 2013 Posted by Paul Wallbank at 9:45 pm 2 Responses business advice, cloud computing Tagged with: google, innovation, nbn, telecommuting, teleworking, yahoo!
Can Yahoo! disrupt the disruptors? Jan 262013 Business partnerships require bringing something of value to the relationship, Yahoo first has to define its strengths before searching for partners. January 26, 2013 Posted by Paul Wallbank at 4:05 pm No Responses entrepreneurs, Internet, web Tagged with: apple, business, disruption, Facebook, google, partnerships, yahoo!
Has Yahoo got its mojo back? Dec 282012 Yahoo’s offer of three months free access to their Flickr Pro photo sharing service could be the start of CEO Marissa Mayer’s plan for the company’s recovery. December 28, 2012 Posted by Paul Wallbank at 10:24 pm No Responses Internet Tagged with: amazon, apple, Facebook, flickr, google, instagram, Marissa Mayer, yahoo!