In the early 2000s, Larry Page and Sergey Brin sought investment for Google, approaching Yahoo!, which offered a lowball $1 million for acquisition. Page and Brin rejected the offer. By 2004, Google went public and dominated search, while Yahoo! stru
WHY YAHOO FAILED?
Yahoo was started by Terry and David as an internet directory featuring top website.
It was a hit, and its growth skyrocketed when Netscape integrated Yahoo’s directory into its browser. This attracted advertisers, bringing ad re
These kids begged Yahoo to buy their website for $1 Million in 1998.
Yahoo's CEO called it "worthless."
Today, that little site is worth $2 TRILLION dollars.
Here's why they still send Yahoo a "Thank You" card every year:
In 1998, Yahoo had a cha
Yahoo - was founded in 1994 by Jerry Yang and David Filo two graduate students but he's the thing Yahoo was never meant to be a business these two graduates just listed their favourite website in a directory and published it in the internet.
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