Yahoo

7 statements across 5 episodes · 4 bullish · 2 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Aug 11, 2023 by Jessica Lessin · across every show →

Everything said about Yahoo, oldest first

Aug 11, 2023 negative

Opinion

Jessica Lessin: Yahoo's live football broadcast gamble was a disaster

“Yahoo did that. Do you guys remember? Yeah, I remember that. Like, big, like, football gamble? It was a disaster. I mean, I know they're still keeping a toe, but it's a disaster.”

Jessica Lessin Aug 11, 2023 ▶ 18:50 #9: How to save ESPN. Barstool’s Bad (Good?) Example · More or Less Podcast

Aug 25, 2023 neutral

Insight

Dave Morin: Every social communication platform eventually becomes a chat product

“I mean, every social communicator, every, whether it's Yahoo, AOL, Facebook, everything becomes chat in the end.”

Dave Morin Aug 25, 2023 ▶ 31:48 #11: Why hybrid work doesn’t work, long live the phone call · More or Less Podcast

Dec 6, 2024 positive

Prediction Open · timeframe Dec 2027

Jessica Lessin: Yahoo will eventually go public

“You guys, Yahoo's gonna go public at some point. It's gonna be crazy.”

Jessica Lessin Dec 6, 2024 ▶ 1:01:19 #76: In a World with 99.99% Accurate AI… (feat. Aaron Levie) · More or Less Podcast

Jun 6, 2025 negative

Insight

Jessica Lessin: There is no advantage in tech to being an 'everything' app

“Technology just, there's no benefit to being the everything. You can just be the best at a lot of different things”

Jessica Lessin Jun 6, 2025 ▶ 37:54 #102: Snap Spectacles, Build-A-Bear, and the Myth of the Everything App · More or Less Podcast

Aug 15, 2025 bullish

Prediction Open · timeframe Aug 2028

Yahoo will probably go public again

“Yahoo will probably go public again.”

Jessica Lessin Aug 15, 2025 ▶ 27:21 #112 Swift Should Buy Chrome, Not Perplexity · More or Less Podcast

Aug 15, 2025 bullish

Disclosure

Yahoo buyout investors recouped costs via real estate; equity is pure upside

“I invested in the buyout because it seemed like a screaming good deal, and those guys have already made all the money on the real estate. And like now it's just like all free upside.”

Sam Lessin Aug 15, 2025 ▶ 27:36 #112 Swift Should Buy Chrome, Not Perplexity · More or Less Podcast

Aug 15, 2025 positive

Disclosure

Sam Lessin discloses holding Yahoo equity and profiting from it

“I'm a shareholder. I've made money on Yahoo.”

Sam Lessin Aug 15, 2025 ▶ 27:23 #112 Swift Should Buy Chrome, Not Perplexity · More or Less Podcast

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