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Mark Zuckerberg is making the same mistakes that plagued former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer.  Mayer made ambitious bets that never paid off for Yahoo, which was ultimately sold to Verizon. Zuckerberg, too, is making a big bet on the metaverse, one better suited for the venture capital world. … Source link

Over the years, Mayer has been the subject of fascination. First, she was a rare female executive at the helm of a major tech company. Since then, people have been similarly interested in what would come after she departed Yahoo following its sale to Verizon in 2017. On Wednesday, Mayer announced that her secretive startup Lumi Labs — which she cofounded in 2018 with Enrique Muñoz Torres, who also worked at Yahoo and Google (GOOG) — has been rebranded as Sunshine and has its first product:… Source link