9 posts and columns on Ironfire Capital

Eye to Eye

Can Yahoo Turn Itself Around?

in Eye to Eye on April 25 at 2:48 pm PT

Mark Cuban and Eric Jackson answer the question: What is the one major thing you think Yahoo needs to do to turn itself around?
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BlackBerry Maker Layoffs Met With Chorus of Raspberries

in News on July 26, 2011 at 4:27 am PT

Research In Motion described its decision to sack 10 percent of its workforce Monday as “a prudent and necessary step for the long term success of the company.” But few, it seems, are buying it.
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New Looks for Aging Models: Fashion Shots from Yahoo’s Product Runway

in News on September 16, 2010 at 10:59 am PT

“The only worse thing than being talked about is not being talked about.” That quip fired off recently by Ironfire Capital founder and former dissident Yahoo investor Eric Jackson pretty much sums up the state of affairs at the company, which seems to be losing relevance almost as quickly as it’s losing talent.

Taking the "Yahoo" Out of "Yahoo Shareholder Activist"

in News on October 10, 2008 at 2:59 pm PT

No surprise here. Yahoo shareholder dissatisfaction is following a trend line inverse to the company’s plummeting share price. In fact, the price has dipped so low that Ironfire Capital founder Eric Jackson–the dissident Yahoo investor who agitated for change at the company and the creator of the Yahoo! Plan B investor community–has dumped his Yahoo shares.

Taking the “Yahoo” Out of “Yahoo Shareholder Activist”

in News on October 10, 2008 at 2:59 pm PT

No surprise here. Yahoo shareholder dissatisfaction is following a trend line inverse to the company’s plummeting share price. In fact, the price has dipped so low that Ironfire Capital founder Eric Jackson–the dissident Yahoo investor who agitated for change at the company and the creator of the Yahoo! Plan B investor community–has dumped his Yahoo shares.

I Hear Microsoft's Got an Alternative Slate It's Not Using

in News on May 7, 2008 at 12:02 pm PT

July 3 will be “Independence Day” for Yahoo shareholders. So says Eric Jackson, president of Ironfire Capital, who is doing his damnedest to recruit an alternate slate of directors to present at Yahoo’s annual meeting on that day. “It’s hard to believe the board could let this happen,” Jackson told the Associated Press.

I Hear Microsoft’s Got an Alternative Slate It’s Not Using

in News on May 7, 2008 at 12:02 pm PT

July 3 will be “Independence Day” for Yahoo shareholders. So says Eric Jackson, president of Ironfire Capital, who is doing his damnedest to recruit an alternate slate of directors to present at Yahoo’s annual meeting on that day. “It’s hard to believe the board could let this happen,” Jackson told the Associated Press.