Mayer: She would still acquire Tumblr, but integrate it more closely
Marissa Mayer · Why Marissa Mayer Is Betting Big On Consumer Tech · Apr 15, 2024 · at 43:38
Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer reflects on Yahoo's 2013 acquisition of Tumblr and what she would do differently in retrospect.
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“And so I think that if I had it to do over again, I still would do the Tumblr acquisition, but I would have integrated it more and I would have loaned more talent from Yahoo, Yahoo to Tumblr. And it may have ultimately changed Tumblr in terms of what it what it became in the long run, but I think it would have ultimately been more successful.”
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