Why Yahoo!'s strategy to give local teams near full autonomy cost them the global search market - Marvin Liao

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Global Class Podcast

Aaron McDaniel and Klaus Wehage

34 episodes

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Get the inside stories of how the world’s fastest growing companies scale globally and the unique career journeys of the internationally-minded business leaders who run these Global Class companies. International is the new agile and best-in-class companies are adapting to build products, operational models and company cultures that resonate with a worldwide audience. The Global Class Podcast explores best practices for effective international expansion and offers practical advice for anyone who aspires to build global companies and careers in international business.

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Why Yahoo!'s strategy to give local teams near full autonomy cost them the global search market - Marvin Liao | Partner, Diaspora Ventures

Global Class Podcast

58 minutes 53 seconds

3 years ago

Why Yahoo!'s strategy to give local teams near full autonomy cost them the global search market - Marvin Liao | Partner, Diaspora Ventures

In this episode we are excited to welcome Marvin Liao. Marvin is a partner at Diaspora Ventures and GAMEGROOVE Capital and previously was a partner at 500 Startups, where in total he has invested in over 400 companies. Prior, Marvin played a major role in the international expansion efforts (in APAC and EMEA) at Yahoo!

In our conversation, Marvin shares why it's crucial to build an internal network and trust to be successful in new markets, the pitfalls of too much localization and autonomy, the importance of 2 way innovation, why bad economic times are great opportunities to expand in international markets and viewpoints on how investing in fast growing companies is getting more global.

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This episode is sponsored by our partner, ZEDRA. Learn more about how the ZEDRA team can support you in expanding to new markets at https://www.zedra.com

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