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Found in 1994 by Jerry Yang and David Filo
Found in 1994 by Jerry Yang and David Filo
Filo
➔ The word "yahoo" is a acronym for "Yet
Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle”.
➔ "hierarchical"- Yahoo database was
arranged in layers of subcategories.
"oracle" -source of truth and
wisdom. "officious"-office
workers who would use the Yahoo
database while surfing from work.
➔ The first site to add news, sports, and
finance feeds to its web directory.
THE RISE
Yahoo was the king of
the internet.
Once the biggest
internet company on
the planet, worth $125
billion at its height.
THE FALL
That came in pieces...
DOTCOM BUBBLE
Share Price
$475 $8.11
And The
WRONG
DECISIONS...
A KINGDOM
WITHOUT
LEADERS
YAHOO’S BUSINESS CANVAS MODEL