{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Grit","title":"#155 CEO Yahoo, Jim Lanzone: Brand Rejuvenation","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/077452b5\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4041,"description":"Guest: Jim Lanzone, CEO of Yahoo\nJim Lanzone doesn’t waste time thinking about what other people think of him ... or the companies he has run. After helping to rejuvenate Ask.com in the early 2000s, he has more recently served as CEO of Tinder, and now Yahoo. As an expert in brand turnarounds, he says, “don’t worry about what the world thinks ... worry about your growth versus yourself.” With a focus on people and product, Jim believes, “not only can you accomplish a lot, you’re going to make a lot of money at doing it.”\nIn this episode, Jim and Joubin discuss being bicoastal, downtown San Francisco, supportive partners, Garret Camp and StumbleUpon, “co-opetition,” Walt Mossberg, Redpoint Ventures, Dave Goldberg, Clicker, taking punches, Apollo Global Management, loyalty to the cause, high-EQ people, and user goals vs. company goals.\nIn this episode, we cover:\nGrowing up in Silicon Valley (00:53)\nLong-lasting marriages (07:26)\nJim’s first company, eTour (13:18)\nThe Web 1.0 boom (17:33)\nJoining Ask.com & partnering with Google (20:40)\nRejuvenating a brand (24:11)\nBack in the mud with Clicker (28:05)\nCBS All Access (34:02)\n14 months at Tinder (37:25)\nWhat people get wrong about Jim (39:05)\nBecoming the CEO of Yahoo (42:45)\nHow Jim hires great teams (49:54)\nTop priorities and Yahoo’s verticals (55:10)\nFirst principles & making decisions (01:02:26)\nHiring & what “grit” means to Jim (01:05:02)\nLinks:\nConnect with JimLinkedIn\nConnect with JoubinTwitter\nLinkedIn\nEmail: grit@kleinerperkins.com \nLearn more about Kleiner Perkins\nThis episode was edited by Eric Johnson from LightningPod.fm","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/jCea5f44KBONhOsyLyht9nXUrj2YBNfA6fc-kgyfWTM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/Lzk3NzAvMTY2Nzg2/MjQyOC1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}