5 posts and columns on Arun Sarin

Dear Yahoo Board: C'mon, Get On With It (A CEO by Tomorrow Would Be Good)

in News on December 30, 2008 at 6:00 am PT

BoomTown’s got nothing, which is not something I like to say very much. I am talking about the Yahoo CEO search, which is either being done by the Internet giant’s board in such elegant secrecy and with such amazing stealth that it is getting by everyone. That or it’s business as usual for the Yahoo board, which so far has never met a challenge for the company it could not drag out painfully and with great public dithering.

Ex-Yahoos Weigh In on Their Choices for New Yahoo CEO

in News on December 13, 2008 at 2:00 am PT

With so many more ex-Yahoos out there now, BoomTown put out feelers to a range of them to ask whom they would like to run the company they no longer work for. After all, who better than to pick a new CEO than an ex? The response was swift and varied wildly, depending on which way the ex-Yahoo felt the company should go, from a basic turnaround expert to–drum roll, please–his digital Holiness, Steve Jobs of Apple. No kidding.

The Dark Horse Race for Yahoo's CEO: Sarin Emerges, but Who Else Fits the Bill?

in News on December 9, 2008 at 4:39 am PT

Earlier this week, in a piece about Yahoo layoffs, BoomTown reiterated the notion that Yahoo would pick its next CEO to replace its current leader Jerry Yang from its own board or some dark horse CEO, rather than one of the Web’s more high-profile players. The Wall Street Journal raised such a name in a piece today–former Vodafone Group CEO Arun Sarin. It’s an intriguing idea, to be sure, since Sarin meets the list of six key criteria the board has created, including having public company CEO experience. But there are other dark horses who fit that bill.

No, Steve. I Don't Think 'VodiPhone' Is a Better Name for the Company

in News on July 5, 2007 at 12:08 am PT

The battle for rights to bring the iPhone across the Atlantic appears to be winding down. According to current speculation, France Telecom’s Orange, Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile and Telefónica’s O2 will be given the privilege of distributing the device in France, Germany and the United Kingdom, respectively–though O2 denies it’s sealed the deal. Apple had initially [...]

No, Steve. I Don’t Think ‘VodiPhone’ Is a Better Name for the Company

in News on July 5, 2007 at 12:08 am PT

The battle for rights to bring the iPhone across the Atlantic appears to be winding down. According to current speculation, France Telecom’s Orange, Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile and Telefónica’s O2 will be given the privilege of distributing the device in France, Germany and the United Kingdom, respectively–though O2 denies it’s sealed the deal. Apple had initially [...]