Paul Graham personal blog
What Happened to Yahoo
August 2010 When I went to work for Yahoo after they bought our startup in 1998, it felt like the center of the world. It was supposed to be the next big thing. It was supposed to be what Google turned out to be. What went wrong? The problems that hosed Yahoo go back a long time, practically to the beginning of the…
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2010 | What Happened to Yahoo by yagibear | 688 | 270 |
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