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Dan Loeb and Platforms

Posted by Phil Simon in: Management, Observations
Dan Loeb and Platforms

Google has taken criticism for its recent and controversial stock split. Some wonder if Mark Zuckerberg's 57 percent of voting power in post-IPO Facebook is too much. I don't. Each company wants to prevent a Dan-Loeb-type situation. And it should. Activist shareholders waging proxy fights distract companies from the real work at hand. And that work is never finished in Read More

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Yahoo! and the Age of the Platform

Posted by Phil Simon in: Management

Jerry Yang is no more--at least at Yahoo! Yahoo is still ridiculously popular, ranking fifth among all websites according to Alexa. Yet, as I write in the book, its ranking and popularity belie its contemporary relevance. This should surprise no one. Think about the number of dotcom's that survived in their original form. Go ahead. I'll wait. Amazon. Read More

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On Yahoo!, Platforms, and Publishing

Posted by Phil Simon in: Management
On Yahoo!, Platforms, and Publishing

I rejected an offer from a sort of "established" publisher for this book, a move that some would consider to be pretty foolish. Why? One of the primary reasons is that I wanted The Age of the Platform to be the most authentic representation of my thinking as possible. While not impossible, a traditional publisher is mostly concerned Read More

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