Link → Silicon Valley after a Microsoft/Yahoo merger: a contrarian view
“Your job is exactly the same as before: build something people want, scale it up, make sure it’s defensible, and make sure you can make money with it.
Build a company you are proud of.
If you do those things, you’ll do just fine; if you don’t, neither Microsoft nor Yahoo nor any other big company were going to rescue you anyway.
Again, suppose the takeover bid succeeds. You’re looking at probably a year of government approvals, followed by at least a year of integration.
In practice, that will be two years in which both Microsoft and Yahoo will most likely be considerably less aggressive on rolling out new products and new initiatives — because the key people at both companies will be consumed with the merger.” 6 months ago
Build a company you are proud of.
If you do those things, you’ll do just fine; if you don’t, neither Microsoft nor Yahoo nor any other big company were going to rescue you anyway.
Again, suppose the takeover bid succeeds. You’re looking at probably a year of government approvals, followed by at least a year of integration.
In practice, that will be two years in which both Microsoft and Yahoo will most likely be considerably less aggressive on rolling out new products and new initiatives — because the key people at both companies will be consumed with the merger.” 6 months ago