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Yahoo! Began in a small trailer on Stanford
University’s campus |
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bored with working on their electrical
engineering dissertations, Yang and Filo began keeping track of their
favorite web sites (late 1993) |
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through word of mouth, what became known as
“Jerry’s Guide to the World Wide Web” reached its first million-hit day
(fall of 1994) |
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By 1995, the list became known as Yahoo! |
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Yahoo! Now serves over 100 million web users |
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Born in Taipei, Taiwan in 1968 |
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moved to San Jose, CA at age ten |
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finished his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in just four years at
Stanford University (1990) |
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was only a few months away from finishing his
Ph.D. in electrical engineering when Yahoo was created |
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currently serves as Director and Chief Yahoo! |
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Was ranked 32 on Forbes Technology’s
richest list in 1997 |
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was worth more than $800 million
in May 1998 |
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An introvert who shies away from the public eye |
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born in Moss Bluff, LA |
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studied Computer Engineering at Tulane
University |
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working on his Ph.D. in electrical engineering
at Stanford when he met Yang |
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serves with Yang as Chief Yahoo! |
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Actively involved in the running of Yahoo! |
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Change is necessary |
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keep an open mind |
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“We don’t get people to come to the site by
saying we have 10 million Web sites and our competitor has nine
million. We’re not going to get
them here by saying our response time is faster. We’re going to get them based on an emotion, based on the
idea that they’re going to have fun, or that they’re going to solve a
problem they’ve never been able to solve before.”--Yang |
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Employs about 120 people |
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more than 350 companies advertise on Yahoo! |
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Advertising-based |
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Late 1993--began tracking web sites |
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Fall 1994--first million-hit day |
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January 1995--Sequoia Capital invested $ 2
million |
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On August 1, 1995 Yahoo officially became a
business |
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April 12, 1996--sold stock to the public |
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May 2000--reached an audience of about 100 to
120 million users a month |
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Where the name came from… |
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Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle |
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creatures in Gulliver’s Travels |
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The day they opened stock for trading was
Nasdaq’s second-biggest first-day gain ever |
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All the conference rooms at Yahoo are named
after Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavors |
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Filo and Yang are successful due to luck,
intelligence, flexibility, and creativity |
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industry pioneers |
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