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Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where AOL comes up
Hadi Partovi: How I Became an Advisor to Mark Zuckerberg; Lessons from Steve Ballmer | 20VC #961 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 14:31 Hadi Partovi I was at Microsoft at the time, and I was in charge of the Microsoft Internet portal at the time, uh, back when Microsoft was competing with Yahoo and AOL and, and the upstart Google in the world of search.
Bob Pittman: How I Went from Creator of MTV to CEO of iHeartMedia | 20VC #958 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 3:13 Bob Pittman He worked for me for a while at AOL, uh, and I've had him in other capacities, but it just, he said, you just, wow, you just impressed me.
- ▶ 3:56 Bob Pittman Um, and so it's sort of dumb luck, and I went with Steve Case at AOL. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 18:05 Bob Pittman I'm trying to give everyone in America a friend anytime, anywhere using my, is there more your mission statement, or by the way, we're going to make, in the case of AOL, we're going to make the internet 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 30:53 Bob Pittman I mean, we were just looking for an excuse to hang on, but we did sort of the same thing at six at, at AOL. 6 times in the scene
Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone: The Yahoo Turnaround Plan | 20VC #911 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 40:54 Jim Lanzone So we, we also own AOL, which is still very profitable and does a lot of free cash flow. 2 times in the scene
Matt Mullenweg: How I Founded WordPress; Storytelling Tips; How to Give Feedback | 20VC #905 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 16:05 Matt Mullenweg Um, it had been mismanaged, I think under Yahoo and AWOL and Verizon, and, um, we felt like we could turn it around.
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- ▶ 49:18 Fabrice Grinda It was ICQ of China or AIM of China, and I'm like, AIM didn't really get big. 2 times in the scene
20VC: The Memo: Chris Sacca on Why We Are Breeding a Generation of Entitled Assholes, Harley Finkelstein on What Great Fatherhood Really Means, Deena Shakir on How Kids Make You a Better Investor and Anne Wojcicki on How Children Change Your Approach to R
- ▶ 17:26 Anne Wojcicki It was a good friend who is actually the one who started AOL instant messaging.
20VC: 23andMe's Anne Wojcicki on How To Approach Trust in Business and Personal Relationships, Leadership Lessons from Sheryl Sandberg and Reflections on How The Best Founders Manage Their Boards
- ▶ 12:11 Anne Wojcicki And I remember very well, there was somebody named Yossi Vardy, who's a good friend who is actually the one who started AOL instant messaging.