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Tennis Champ Agassi Gives Yahoo Sales Troops a Pep Talk
Yahoo COO Henrique De Castro has been holding a global sales conference in Las Vegas this week, bringing together the large group of employees at the Silicon Valley Internet giant who are in charge of a big chunk of its revenue. While it’s a lot of talking by top execs about the dramatic new advertising structure that he has put into place, there is always the requisite inspirational speaker (in 2007, at another meeting, it was Apple’s Steve Jobs). For this event, sources said, it was former tennis champ Andre Agassi appearing there to get the troops juiced. The once-pugnacious athlete — who is now married to another tennis phenom, Steffi Graf — was probably a good choice, especially since one of his well-known quotes is: “Being number two sucks.”
Q4 Earnings Call: Mayer Says “Chain Reaction” Needed to Blast Yahoo Into the Future
Turnaround via nuclear fission.
Mayer’s 10X Challenge: Yahoo’s Homepage, Mail and Search Traffic Show Significant Year-Over-Year Declines
The reality of traffic falloffs on key properties is a vexing issue.
Yahoo’s De Castro Begins Reorg of Ad Sales Unit
Can the Henrique Way — that is to say, a version of the Google Way — fix what ails the Silicon Valley Internet giant’s biggest business?
Yahoo’s Mayer Hoping What Happens With Big Advertisers at CES Doesn’t Stay in Vegas
High stakes, indeed.
In “Seismic Shift,” New COO De Castro Planning to Move Yahoo Ad Sales to Category Model (Backed Up by “Marissa Halo”)
Henrique shakes up Yahoo’s go-to-market strategy.
Viral Video: Will Qualcomm’s Paul Jacobs Bring Adorkable “Born Mobile” Toddler to CES?
The massive annual tech gathering truly goes mobile in 2013.
Box Expands to Europe, Hires Infrastructure VP Away From LinkedIn
Box keeps growing, and in places where you wouldn’t expect. Like Europe.
Loeb Calls Again for Thompson Firing From Yahoo, as Former eBay Boss Supports Him
The back-and-forth over Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson’s fitness as a leader continues.
Place Your Bets: Will Loeb Drop Another Bomb on Yahoo at Vegas Confab Later Today?
There are pretty good odds, but it’s a gamble for the activist investor to find a way to top his last act.