This makes it pretty simple to judge Marissa Mayer's performance at least in the next year. If Tumblr shows any sign of failure, its pretty much equivalent of Marissa Mayer failing at Yahoo. If tumblr shows signs of progress not seen Pre-acquisition, it's a sign of an ex-Googler making a smart acquisition AND making it succeed in the long run.
Google is the best company when it comes to making large acquisitions work out for the parent company. Just see Analytics, YouTube etc.
Yahoo is probably one of the worst if you see how many of their 100M+ acquisitions have resulted in complete failure.
Google is the best company when it comes to making large acquisitions work out for the parent company. Just see Analytics, YouTube etc.
Yahoo is probably one of the worst if you see how many of their 100M+ acquisitions have resulted in complete failure.