Village Global Podcast
Encore: Jerry Yang on Yahoo!, Early-Stage Investing, and China
Jan 12, 2024
Jerry Yang, Co-founder of Yahoo! and founding partner of AME Cloud Ventures, discusses the early days of Yahoo!, lessons learned, what American entrepreneurs can learn from China, and thoughts on early stage investing.
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- Jerry Yang and David Filo's decision to publish 'David and Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web' led to the creation of Yahoo.
- Jerry Yang emphasizes the importance of finding friends and alliances in the rapidly changing business landscape of expanding Chinese companies.
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Yahoo's early days and the creation of Yahoo!
Jerry Yang reflects on the early days of Yahoo!, discussing how the idea came about and the initial vision for the company. He highlights the impact of Tim Berners-Lee's invention of the web protocol and the explosion of content that followed. Jerry also shares how he and David Filo decided to publish a website called 'David and Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web', which eventually led to the creation of the name Yahoo.
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