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Lanzone: Startup with 10k users demanded $150M Yahoo acquisition
“We just came through this period where I swear to God, a company with only 10,000 registered users wanted me to pay one hundred and fifty million dollars for them. A company with 79,000 users want someone to pay five hundred million dollars for them.”
Jim Lanzone Jul 29, 2022 ▶ 33:05 Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone: The Yahoo Turnaround Plan | 20VC #911 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Lanzone: Twitter was my 'white whale' company that got away
“For a long time, you know, Twitter was that company for me. It's always been my white whale. I love the product, but I always felt it could have been a lot more than it was. And so I've, I always, you know, look side-eye at Twitter as the one that, that got aw…”
Jim Lanzone Jul 29, 2022 ▶ 52:11 Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone: The Yahoo Turnaround Plan | 20VC #911 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Lanzone offered to return venture capital after 2008 financial crash
“I accepted money and the crash of 2008 happened two weeks later. I offered to give the money back. And they said, no, just go ahead because some of the best companies can be created in times like this.”
Jim Lanzone Jul 29, 2022 ▶ 26:38 Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone: The Yahoo Turnaround Plan | 20VC #911 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Lanzone: AOL remains very profitable with strong free cash flow
“This company is also AOL. So we also own AOL, which is still very profitable and does a lot of free cash flow.”
Jim Lanzone Jul 29, 2022 ▶ 40:48 Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone: The Yahoo Turnaround Plan | 20VC #911 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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