Yahoo's Terrible Business Decisions

Text on the meme

1998: Yahoo refuses to buy Google for $1 million dollars. 2002: Yahoo realizes its mistake and tries to to buy Google for $3 billion. Google says “Give us $5 billion”, Yahoo says no. 2008: Yahoo refuses to be sold to Microsoft for $40 billion dollars. 2016: Yahoo sold to Verizon for $4.6 billion. #dontbelikeyahoo

What it means

A black-background timeline lists Yahoo’s missed opportunities: rejecting Google, failing to buy it later, refusing Microsoft’s acquisition offer, and eventually being sold to Verizon for far less. The joke mocks Yahoo’s disastrous business decisions and is used as a reaction to repeated bad choices or missed opportunities. EN: A black-background timeline lists Yahoo’s missed opportunities: rejecting Google, failing to buy it later, refusing Microsoft’s acquisition offer, and eventually being sold to Verizon for far less. The joke mocks Yahoo’s disastrous business decisions and is used as a reaction to repeated bad choices or missed opportunities.

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