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Wed, Sep 07 2011 19:14:02

With Bartz Gone, Can Yahoo Turn Themselves Around?

The abrupt dismissal of CEO Carol Bartz led many to wonder if Yahoo has any hope of survival. Disclosure, I worked at Yahoo from 2007-2010 as the Community Manager for the Yahoo Developer Network.

  1. Some of you thought that Yahoo's time was long past, and some thought a sale was their best bet.  Many of the comments in this vein expressed almost uniform disdain for Yahoo.  If the purple media/tech company is going to turn around, the comments I've seen indicate a severe PR problem.

  2. WayneChenNY
    Investor Perspective: Sorely disappointed when they appointed Bartz as CEO. Yahoo needs to organize & focus on assets. @RWW
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    Wed, Sep 07 2011 14:47:00
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  4. Robert Hill
    Yahoo needs to remember that suicide is painless...
    Robert Hill
    Wed, Sep 07 2011 14:45:16
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  5. barddzen
    RT @RWW: As Yahoo Continues to Struggle, CEO Carol Bartz Is Fired http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/as_yahoo_continues_to_struggle_ceo_carol_bartz_is.php I can't believe it took this long
    barddzen
    Tue, Sep 06 2011 20:47:17
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  7. fjpoblam
    @RWW @Yahoo Bartz exit=Yahoo! turn around? I reckon so. Yahoo! for sale. What if NPR buys Yahoo!?
    fjpoblam
    Wed, Sep 07 2011 15:38:03
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  8. But there are many who are still pulling for Yahoo. 
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  11. Casey Rhodes
    Well, I hope so, I really do. I have friends who work for Yahoo, and I think they're not dead. But firing a CEO out of nowhere over the phone is no way to start the transition to prosperity. It's wrong, and Carol didn't deserve it.
    Casey Rhodes
    Wed, Sep 07 2011 16:35:45
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  12. Robyn Green Tippins
    I agree. I was a Yahoo from 2007-2010 and I think the way she was fired is gross, personally. But it doesn't surprise me in the slightest. The people and talent at Yahoo are great, but the leadership has always been on a strategy merry-go-round.
    Robyn Green Tippins
    Wed, Sep 07 2011 17:59:57
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  14. Yahoo still has some great products and they win in a few key categories, but it might just take a special CEO to pull them out of their current woes.  If you could choose anyone to lead Yahoo, who would it be?

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