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Actually, there is no risk at all (if you know what's behind the covers).

She is stagnating at Google. She had high ranking high influence positions at Google but over the years has been relegated to a position that has little visibility and control, mostly due to her non execution. This is a great opportunity for her to make some serious cash and be the "top dog" in a kennel of average dogs, rather than the opposite at Google.

Also, even if she crashes and burns at Yahoo, she will get many more opportunities simply due to the brand recognition she has due to her tenure at Google.

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> mostly due to her non execution.

I remember long ago hearing her push the notion that all design and interface decisions must be tested. I remember thinking that is just a recipe for non-execution with the goal of never being "wrong".

Could you explain more what you mean by non-execution? I don't travel in circles where I have context for something like that and it sounds interesting.

I had a CEO once who used to say "execute" a lot. I didn't really know what it meant either but it felt exciting when he said it. Sometimes I say it myself in the shower, when there's no-one within earshot.

What, like "work harder or we'll execute the lot of you"?

It's typically used as a buzzword to describe "getting s$%t done that matters".

Matt Cutts seems to disagree about her work -- https://twitter.com/mattcutts/status/224963111222910976

Matt Cutts is a public face for Google.

To be fair, Matt Cutts is incapable of ever not being nice.

True but you know Matt is anothger posibly trophy hire at soem stage he is acting way above his pay grade if my company asked me to represnt them to congress etc I would say "cool" but I want a board seat first :-)

Realy you think that head hunting Matt Cutts is not many internet companies wet dream?

He commented only on her intelligence and work ethic, not her work.

And if she crashes and burns, she gets what, 50million in an exit package? Why not take that.

Marissa was an early employee at Google, she was employee 20 there and Google's first female hire - she's worth ~$300 Million, I doubt she's doing this for the money.

well, it's more like, she has $300 Million now, but her compensation going forward now, win or lose, will probably dwarf that of staying put at Google and personal portfolio growth for the next few years. She's not doing it for the money, but her personal wealth only stands a huge boost.

That doesn't mean anything other than she was Larry Page's girlfriend at the time.

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