Comments on: Yahoo May Sell Kelkoo http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/02/yahoo-may-sell-kelkoo/ Startup and Technology News Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:52:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Microsoft Says Hello to Ciao, Buys European Shopping Site | aboutCREATION http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/02/yahoo-may-sell-kelkoo/#comment-2450857 Microsoft Says Hello to Ciao, Buys European Shopping Site | aboutCREATION Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:23:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/02/yahoo-may-sell-kelkoo/#comment-2450857 [...] Microsoft’s decision to acquire Ciao is reminiscent of Yahoo’s decision to purchase Paris-based Kelkoo in 2004 for about $670 million - one that Yahoo has since reconsidered. [...] [...] Microsoft’s decision to acquire Ciao is reminiscent of Yahoo’s decision to purchase Paris-based Kelkoo in 2004 for about $670 million - one that Yahoo has since reconsidered. [...]

]]> By: Microsoft Says Hello to Ciao, Buys European Shopping Site http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/02/yahoo-may-sell-kelkoo/#comment-2450793 Microsoft Says Hello to Ciao, Buys European Shopping Site Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:43:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/02/yahoo-may-sell-kelkoo/#comment-2450793 [...] Microsoft’s decision to acquire Ciao is reminiscent of Yahoo’s decision to purchase Paris-based Kelkoo in 2004 for about $670 million - one that Yahoo has since reconsidered. [...] [...] Microsoft’s decision to acquire Ciao is reminiscent of Yahoo’s decision to purchase Paris-based Kelkoo in 2004 for about $670 million - one that Yahoo has since reconsidered. [...]

]]> By: Paul http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/02/yahoo-may-sell-kelkoo/#comment-1657128 Paul Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:29:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/02/yahoo-may-sell-kelkoo/#comment-1657128 Yes it's true and the price tag is ... $100m! Quite a blow for Y! Yes it’s true and the price tag is … $100m! Quite a blow for Y!

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/02/yahoo-may-sell-kelkoo/#comment-1657024 Jeremy Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:17:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/02/yahoo-may-sell-kelkoo/#comment-1657024 Most of the management team that made Kelkoo what it was left within a year post acquisition. I worked with & met most of them :) Good guys, very smart, driven, etc. However...as what happens with a lot of good guys with tons of motivation get a huge payday, they lost motivation, I think. Christophe (one of Kelkoo's founders) told me they made enough that the lowest level Kelkoo employee could afford a small condo in Grenoble (their largest development office, which he ran). Considering that was for the lowest level employee, how much better off would the management team have been? And, since the acquisition nearly 3 years ago, where has Yahoo's stock price gone? That's right, it's basically flat. And, I firmly believe you can't appeal to an audience unless you speak their language...Yahoo UK, is uk.yahoo.com, which no self respecting, intelligent, UK based web user is going to intuitively understand is a UK web address. Same goes for the rest of the EU...Kelkoo helped me to try to sell Yahoo management (John Marcom, SVP international, etc) on doing the right thing...however, Ash Patel (SVP, platform) John, etc, none of them wanted to foot the infrastructure bill nearly 3 years ago when we all tried to get them to do the right thing. So, considering a dynamic, talented team (Kelkoo) seeing me clearly fail, and failing themselves in trying to get Yahoo management to do the right thing for international...is it any wonder Yahoo's exploring "options" for them now? They bought in, they failed to listen, and then things didn't go so well. Chalk one up for post buy out hang over. Most of the management team that made Kelkoo what it was left within a year post acquisition. I worked with & met most of them :) Good guys, very smart, driven, etc.

However…as what happens with a lot of good guys with tons of motivation get a huge payday, they lost motivation, I think. Christophe (one of Kelkoo’s founders) told me they made enough that the lowest level Kelkoo employee could afford a small condo in Grenoble (their largest development office, which he ran).

Considering that was for the lowest level employee, how much better off would the management team have been? And, since the acquisition nearly 3 years ago, where has Yahoo’s stock price gone?

That’s right, it’s basically flat. And, I firmly believe you can’t appeal to an audience unless you speak their language…Yahoo UK, is uk.yahoo.com, which no self respecting, intelligent, UK based web user is going to intuitively understand is a UK web address.

Same goes for the rest of the EU…Kelkoo helped me to try to sell Yahoo management (John Marcom, SVP international, etc) on doing the right thing…however, Ash Patel (SVP, platform) John, etc, none of them wanted to foot the infrastructure bill nearly 3 years ago when we all tried to get them to do the right thing.

So, considering a dynamic, talented team (Kelkoo) seeing me clearly fail, and failing themselves in trying to get Yahoo management to do the right thing for international…is it any wonder Yahoo’s exploring “options” for them now? They bought in, they failed to listen, and then things didn’t go so well.

Chalk one up for post buy out hang over.

]]> By: TechBeta » Blog Archive » Yahoo May Sell Kelkoo http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/02/yahoo-may-sell-kelkoo/#comment-1656958 TechBeta » Blog Archive » Yahoo May Sell Kelkoo Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:18:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/02/yahoo-may-sell-kelkoo/#comment-1656958 [...] Full article: techcrunch.com [...] [...] Full article: techcrunch.com [...]

]]> By: dave http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/02/yahoo-may-sell-kelkoo/#comment-1656928 dave Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:13:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/02/yahoo-may-sell-kelkoo/#comment-1656928 problem is, the only real buyer for this down the road IS yahoo (or a competitor) and if yahoo doesn't want it, then what's the point? they oughta just auction it off on ebay... problem is, the only real buyer for this down the road IS yahoo (or a competitor) and if yahoo doesn’t want it, then what’s the point? they oughta just auction it off on ebay…

]]> By: Noel http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/02/yahoo-may-sell-kelkoo/#comment-1656897 Noel Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:07:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/02/yahoo-may-sell-kelkoo/#comment-1656897 Good news...those Kelkoo wankers have been running Yahoo Europe into the ground. Good news…those Kelkoo wankers have been running Yahoo Europe into the ground.

]]> By: chris http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/02/yahoo-may-sell-kelkoo/#comment-1656460 chris Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:08:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/02/yahoo-may-sell-kelkoo/#comment-1656460 no it is quel coup ... what a deal. no it is quel coup … what a deal.

]]> By: Yahoo! se plantea la venta de Kelkoo | Espira Tecnologías Web http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/02/yahoo-may-sell-kelkoo/#comment-1656454 Yahoo! se plantea la venta de Kelkoo | Espira Tecnologías Web Wed, 03 Oct 2007 08:58:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/02/yahoo-may-sell-kelkoo/#comment-1656454 [...] Se está hablando sobre la posibilidad de que Yahoo! esté considerando opciones estratégicas sobre el comparador de precios Kelkoo, incluyendo una posible venta tal y como leemos en TechCrunch. [...] [...] Se está hablando sobre la posibilidad de que Yahoo! esté considerando opciones estratégicas sobre el comparador de precios Kelkoo, incluyendo una posible venta tal y como leemos en TechCrunch. [...]

]]> By: John http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/02/yahoo-may-sell-kelkoo/#comment-1656449 John Wed, 03 Oct 2007 08:49:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/02/yahoo-may-sell-kelkoo/#comment-1656449 Some insight into the name Kelkoo: it roughly translates into "Quel coût?" which means "What cost?" or even "How much?" That's your Frog lesson for the day mes amis! John http://www.gigatribe.com Some insight into the name Kelkoo: it roughly translates into “Quel coût?” which means “What cost?” or even “How much?”

That’s your Frog lesson for the day mes amis!

John
http://www.gigatribe.com

]]> By: Robin Wauters http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/02/yahoo-may-sell-kelkoo/#comment-1656408 Robin Wauters Wed, 03 Oct 2007 07:59:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/02/yahoo-may-sell-kelkoo/#comment-1656408 Duncan, Kelkoo also operates in Belgium, think you overlooked: http://www.kelkoo.be/ Duncan, Kelkoo also operates in Belgium, think you overlooked: http://www.kelkoo.be/

]]> By: phenom http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/02/yahoo-may-sell-kelkoo/#comment-1656337 phenom Wed, 03 Oct 2007 06:37:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/02/yahoo-may-sell-kelkoo/#comment-1656337 yahoo has been doing good these days....enhancement to their search engine http://vidsonly.blogspot.com yahoo has been doing good these days….enhancement to their search engine
http://vidsonly.blogspot.com

]]> By: Kelli http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/02/yahoo-may-sell-kelkoo/#comment-1656180 Kelli Wed, 03 Oct 2007 03:43:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/02/yahoo-may-sell-kelkoo/#comment-1656180 This Fake Steve Ballmer crap is about as funny as a cry for help. Seriously dude, give it up. This Fake Steve Ballmer crap is about as funny as a cry for help. Seriously dude, give it up.

]]> By: Steve Ballmer http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/02/yahoo-may-sell-kelkoo/#comment-1656150 Steve Ballmer Wed, 03 Oct 2007 03:04:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/02/yahoo-may-sell-kelkoo/#comment-1656150 FRENCH! Grrrrr! They should get rid of them! I must restrain myself here..... (or so the lawyers say): My opinions of European governments, laws, culture, socialist dogma, infrastructure, deodorants, styles and stupidity are well known. Don't get me wrong, I am not anti-european, I am just against stupidity! Whether it comes from Apple, IBM or the EU Competition Commission. How can we stop people from buying our products? How can we cease to be a monopoly when our customers make us that? If we are put in a position of dominance, shouldn't we dominate? Shouldn't we crush the small companies which threaten what our customers clearly want,- US? "Microsoft must now comply fully with its legal obligations to desist from engaging in anticompetitive conduct. The Commission will do its utmost to ensure that Microsoft complies swiftly," - Neelie Kroes (EU greasy lawyer) said in a statement. Hey Neelie! "Neelie", lol, What cha' gonna do if I just close down all of our operations over there? That would solve a lot of our problems, wouldn't it? You would no longer have to worry about MS and we would no longer have to worry about guys like you constantly whining and sucking us dry! I'm gonna give this option some serious thought. Who needs that funny pink, green and blue money of you people's anyways? Just thinking out loud. FRENCH! Grrrrr! They should get rid of them!
I must restrain myself here….. (or so the lawyers say):
My opinions of European governments, laws, culture, socialist dogma, infrastructure, deodorants, styles and stupidity are well known. Don’t get me wrong, I am not anti-european, I am just against stupidity! Whether it comes from Apple, IBM or the EU Competition Commission.

How can we stop people from buying our products?
How can we cease to be a monopoly when our customers make us that?
If we are put in a position of dominance, shouldn’t we dominate?
Shouldn’t we crush the small companies which threaten what our customers clearly want,- US?

“Microsoft must now comply fully with its legal obligations to desist from engaging in anticompetitive conduct. The Commission will do its utmost to ensure that Microsoft complies swiftly,” - Neelie Kroes (EU greasy lawyer) said in a statement.

Hey Neelie! “Neelie”, lol, What cha’ gonna do if I just close down all of our operations over there?
That would solve a lot of our problems, wouldn’t it?
You would no longer have to worry about MS and we would no longer have to worry about guys like you constantly whining and sucking us dry!
I’m gonna give this option some serious thought. Who needs that funny pink, green and blue money of you people’s anyways?

Just thinking out loud.

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