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Mahendra Lochhab

Content creator • 5m

Yahoo's $2.36 trillion mistake: 1998: Google wanted to be acquired by Yahoo, so Google offered to Yahoo for $1 million, but Yahoo refused. 2002: Yahoo realized its mistake and offered to acquire Google for $3 billion, but Google demanded $5 billion

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Vagle

Hakuna matata • 1m

it appears the next Google is Google

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SamCtrlPlusAltMan

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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

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Havish Gupta

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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

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Vishu Bheda

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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

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Chamarti Sreekar

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so google is the next google :🫢

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Piyu

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Google was selling itself for $1 million to Yahoo, but they declined. Four years later, Yahoo came running back to buy Google for $3 billion, but Google wanted $5 billion. In the early days, Yahoo dismissed Google as a small search startup. Goog

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Aryaman Mishra

e/acc. • 4m

Google built the greatest business model of the internet era,but The moment Perplexity decides to get aggressive, Google might find themselves in the same position as Yahoo was when Google emerged.

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Rajib Halder

Never say die • 3d

The startup graveyard is full of great ideas. Yours could be next — unless you execute

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mg

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In 1998 Yahoo could have bought Google for $1 million, they refused Now - Google is now worth over $1.5 trillion . . In 2004 Google offered $75 million for Facebook Market Zuckerberg refused eventually turning facebook into Meta it now valued at

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