Ted Chan

I was reading that Jerry Yang had just stepped down from Yahoo from google news

I just finished watching the following video interview with Jerry Yang and John Battelle :

It was interesting to listen to Jerry Yang discuss some of his trials and how he perceived things versus what us outsiders thought. Many thought that he didn’t want to do a merger with Microsoft, but he seemed fairly open to it and was quite candid.

One of the things that caught my attention near the end was someone asking about being follower’s / copying google and microsoft and Jerry says that they continue to innovate and try to be the best at what they do. Also we have seen some changes and innovation come from yahoo since he has taken over. But it seems that it wasn’t enough.

I really thought he’d be able to shake things up and make some changes, but it seems that he has run out of time and shareholder’s and other investors want to see the results quickly. We will see who will be selected to take over as CEO and how the deal with Microsoft buying them out or merging plays out; if it does at all.