Скачать или смотреть Yahoo Rejected Google For $1M. Then $5B. Then Microsoft's $44B. Sold For $4B.

1998. Yahoo is the king of the internet. 90% of web users start on Yahoo.

Then two Stanford students walk in: Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

They want to sell their search engine. Called Google.

Price: $1 million.

Yahoo's response: "We already have search. Why would we buy yours? No thanks."

Rejected.

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2002. Four years later. Google is growing fast.

Yahoo realizes they made a mistake. They come back with an offer: $3 billion.

Larry and Sergey counter: "$5 billion."

Yahoo's response: "Too expensive."

Rejected. Again.

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2008. Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion.

Yahoo's board: "Not enough."

Rejected. Third time.

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2016. Yahoo sells to Verizon for $4.48 billion.
Less than Microsoft offered ($44.6B)
Less than Google wanted ($5B)
A tenth of Microsoft's offer

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Today, Google is worth $1.7 TRILLION.

From $1 million to $1.7 trillion = 1,700,000x return.

The greatest missed investment in history.

Yahoo didn't just reject Google once. They rejected them TWICE. Then rejected Microsoft's $44 billion. Then sold for $4 billion.

Three catastrophic decisions that killed a company.

Yahoo Timeline:
1994: Founded
1998: Rejected Google for $1M
2000: Worth $125 billion (dot-com peak)
2002: Rejected Google for $5B
2008: Rejected Microsoft's $44.6B
2016: Sold to Verizon for $4.48B
2017: Verizon merged Yahoo with AOL (both dead brands)

Why did Yahoo keep saying no?
1. Hubris - they thought they were untouchable
2. Didn't understand search was the future
3. Focused on being a "portal" not a search company
4. Executive arrogance
5. Thought users wanted content, not search

Google Timeline:
1998: Founded, offered to Yahoo for $1M
2004: IPO at $85/share ($23B valuation)
2008: Worth $180 billion (Yahoo worth $20B)
2024: Worth $1.7 TRILLION

The lesson: When you're on top, you think you'll stay there forever. Yahoo proved you won't.

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