Comments on: Brickhouse Head Leaves Yahoo

By: Simulated Startup vs. Real Startup « The BuzzPal Blog

Simulated Startup vs. Real Startup « The BuzzPal Blog — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:11:12 +0000

[…] model. Yahoo’s model is in between. Yahoo’s concept is called Yahoo Brickhouse, but it’s leader just left. Now Microsoft is trying to acquire Yahoo, which sounds like an ugly mess to me. And Microsoft says […]

By: Exodus at Yahoo! | YugaTech | Philippines, Technology News & Reviews

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:12:10 +0000

[…] Ismail, Head of Brickhouse, Yahoo’s internal ‘ideas […]

By: pwb

pwb — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:13:38 +0000

I tend to believe the argument that having an “innovation group” tells the rest of the organization they aren’t innovative.

By: BusinessWeek Covers the RealTime Layoff « Furrier.org - Business & Technology Blog

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:48:49 +0000

[…] commiseration; it’s also about finding leads. John Furrier writes in response to a story on TechCrunch that he’s hiring: “Bummer about Yahoo. I hope they can pull together and survive. Open […]

By: Lynx

Lynx — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:11:10 +0000

“He also says he reviewed over 3,000 ideas at Yahoo, and has some thoughts on his own startup as well.”

Am I the only one slightly worried about this sentence?

If some of those ideas came in from outside of Yahoo by individuals looking for Yahoos help but got turned away they may well be getting their ideas stolen by an employee with access to the ideas that no longer works for Yahoo.

Bit worrying for those that submitted ideas and didnt get them approved.

By: YDRIVE

YDRIVE — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:50:25 +0000

Yahoo! these days lacks the wow! factor(s)… mightbe they’re in the pipeline, yet plans not catching up with changes, and never will…

By: G. Chai

G. Chai — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:44:58 +0000

I have used pipes.yahoo.com and I have seen kickstart in use. They suck. If the layoff was performance-based, I think Yahoo! did a good job letting Mr. Ismail go (if he had any leadership role in pipes and kickstart). However, having read about some others at Yahoo! that were laid off, I think it wasn’t just performance-based.

By: Joel

Joel — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:31:42 +0000

I used to work for Salim and I know he’s a great executive. I’m kind of glad he left Yahoo so now he can pursue interesting projects with more speed and less bureaucracy.

By: Loic

Loic — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:37:48 +0000

wew Salim it was my first visit at the Brickhouse last week for the Israel tech tour and now you left. Good luck my friend. See you soon.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:32:40 +0000

I think Yahoo! will continue to own all 3000 of the ideas that Salim reviewed, which means he can’t make a new startup that uses any of them without risking legal trouble. When Yahoo launched their employee idea submission site (which fed ideas to Salim’s group, I assume) the legal restrictions were so tough that I opted out to and never looked at the list of ideas.

By: Yahoo Exec Bails: Bradley Horowitz Leaves For Google

Yahoo Exec Bails: Bradley Horowitz Leaves For Google — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:30:34 +0000

[…] Horowitz, head of Yahoo’s Advanced Technology Division (and mentioned in a post earlier today), has accepted a position with Google, we’ve confirmed via a source at Yahoo […]

By: Wanted: Any Yahoo Social Netwoking & Social Graph Product Mgrs and Engineers « Furrier.org - Business & Technology Blog

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:09:32 +0000

[…] I also posted on Techcrunch comments as well. […]

By: YDRIVE

YDRIVE — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:09:05 +0000

It’s time for Yahoo! to roll out, or buy into, something bold and of significance and readily loveable by the layman end users… had been too many baby steps, really.

By: John Furrier

John Furrier — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:01:40 +0000

Bummer about Yahoo. I hope they can pull together and survive.

Open call for Yahoo entrepreneurs who know social networks and social graph technology: I’m looking for product managers and engineers for my new social advertising startup.

For info go to http://furrier.org - information on the startup is buried in the blog.

By: Tom Coates

Tom Coates — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:06:07 +0000

Salim, I and the Brickhouse/Fire Eagle teams will miss you too.

By: Mindless observation

Mindless observation — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:03:01 +0000

No that this is relevant, but Salim looks like UFC hall of famer Randy Couture.

By: jeffrey

jeffrey — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:59:35 +0000

If Brickhouse was the answer to Google Labs, then where does that leave Yahoo? It seemed like the Brickhouse idea/concept was a great one….take raw entrepreurial energy and churn out products. What the hell happened, and am I the only one who wants more of an answer to what’s going on over there?

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gaarf.info » Blog Archive » Bloodbath — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:57:41 +0000

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By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Brickhouseのトップ、Yahooを去る

TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Brickhouseのトップ、Yahooを去る — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:57:06 +0000

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By: Shane Mc Allister

Shane Mc Allister — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:44:12 +0000

Salim,

Sorry to hear the news - no doubt you’ll move to pastures new and greener swiftly - but you know you’ll always have welcome in Ireland should adventures take you this way - except perhaps not Fermoy 2nd time around eh? Look us “Paddy’s Valleyer’s” up should you make it this way…

Shane

By: moe

moe — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:32:26 +0000

The idea of Brickhouse was pretty good. It seems Yahoo never really grasped and ran with it.

By: Michael Arrington

Michael Arrington — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:32:22 +0000

also kind of made my title incorrect. changed that too.

By: Michael Arrington

Michael Arrington — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:30:58 +0000

Salim - updating post. An hour ago you said on the phone that you had no idea.

By: Yahoo News Roundup - d3bruts1d.com

Yahoo News Roundup - d3bruts1d.com — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:30:31 +0000

[…] Among those out the door is Salim Ismail, who has lead Yahoo Brickhouse since early 2007. According to TechCrunch, Salim left voluntary. He’ll most likely create a small startup and get bought up by Google, […]

By: Salim Ismail

Salim Ismail — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:26:01 +0000

Hey Mike, Brickhouse won’t be headless… Chad Dickerson is going to be taking over and we’re doing a planned transition…

(and thanks for the nice comments from various folks - I had a total blast at Brickhouse and will miss the place immensely)