Jerry Yang told Nirav Tolia he was less intelligent than he thought
Nirav Tolia · Nirav Tolia: Nextdoor. How neighborhood chatter went global · Sep 15, 2025 · at 9:45
Nextdoor co-founder Nirav Tolia recounts leaving Yahoo in 1999 to start his own company and the reaction from Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang.
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“And he looked at me right in the eyes, and he said, you're a lot less intelligent than I thought you were. Do you have any idea how hard it is to build something like Yahoo? Well, you're about to find out.”
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