04-09-2007, 10:56 AM
Quote:The "death ofÂ…" may not be appropriate label for the passage that follows. The very association with death conjures images of negativity or dark thoughts. Rather, I hope to focus on the positive aspects of what arises from the foibles, and the subsequent constructive experiences, of building a powerful destination.
Andrew Carnegie said, "There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else." Much later, Sumner Redstone offered the following pearl of wisdom: "Success is not built on success. It's built on failure. It's built on frustration. Sometimes it's built on catastrophe."
The search and content owner with the excited name simultaneously possess both tremendous equity and the potential for catastrophe. Google closed out 2006 sitting on $11 billion while Yahoo! earned a paltry $6.4 billion, over $1.1 billion in 2005...
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