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August 12 2010
“ By 1998, Yahoo was the beneficiary of a de facto pyramid scheme. Investors were excited about the Internet. One reason they were excited was Yahoo's revenue growth. So they invested in new Internet startups. The startups then used the money to buy ads on Yahoo to get traffic. Which caused yet more revenue growth for Yahoo, and further convinced investors the Internet was worth investing in.— Paul Graham - What Happened to YahooWhen I realized this one day, sitting in my cubicle, I jumped up like Archimedes in his bathtub, except instead of 'Eureka!' I was shouting 'Sell!'”
