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Explore yourself. . . . . . #forest #exploring #explore #exploremore #adventure #outdoor #alps #mountain #mountainsarecalling #indie #hipster #vibe #mood #wood #woodlife #jacktrade #onamission #italy #valdaosta #montagna #trekking #hiking (presso Aosta Valley)

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Chambres avec vue. . . . . . #chambresavecvues #chambreavecvue #ulissewashere #liguriansea #liguria #cave #grotta #mare #autunno #maredinverno #seainwinter #autumn #fall #autunno #exploring #vista #view #horizon #salt #chill (presso Ligurian Sea)

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Summer is over and probably it’s the first time I don’t feel sad or depressed about it. Had ambitious plans after last year I spent 50 days in bed after a bike crash, and almost fulfilled all ours list: huge #nyc trip in May, a great outdoor adventure in #valgrande, a few climbing days in @finaleoutdoorresort, sweet hikes in @parcobeigua. Also had many week-break with my lovely @marilisabombonato, so many late evening picnic barefoot on desert beaches along the riviera or staring at the sea at night in #Arenzano. Couldn’t get any better with a late August glorious trip to #corsica - still thinking about it. And well, it was not just about fun and games: we worked almost 12 hours a day, learned to code on #python, worked on our personal projects and trained almost everyday in the gym or in the street. Well, most important after all we also had some great quality time with our family and friends. Welcome back Autumn, stay safe out there! . . . . . #longpost #summer #summerisover #summervibes #permanentvacation #summerplans #fall #autumn #firstdayofautumn #backtoschool #holidayforever #nodayoff #liveaholic #motivation #workhardplayharder #determination #saturdaymorning #thoughts #thinkaboutit #noremorse (presso Endless Summer)

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It's not over yet -- > ☀️💥 . . . . . #summer #september #beachinseptember #mare #finaleligure #varigotti #malpasso #saraceni #liguria #mareasettembre #chillout #chillin #neverfall #settembre #autunno (presso Baia Dei Saraceni - Varigotti/Noli (Sv))

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@mcolombina hiking thru a post apocalyptic scenario in @parcobeigua. An heavy 🔥burnt down the whole area a couple of weeks ago. . . . . . #arenzano #mareemonti #maremonti #reixa #altavia #genova #liguria #outdoor #hiking #exploring #exploremore #bewild #wild #wilderness #walking #thoreau #morningview #sundayvibes #camminare #escursionismo #incendio #parcobeigua #beigua #beiguageopark (presso Parco naturale regionale del Beigua)

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Spot the differences: Photo1: yesterday morning at nine ALONE on a huge sand beach with a bice blue sea. Photo2: today after 4 laundry, cleaned the fridge, cleaned the garden.... . . . . . #summer #summertime #neverendingsummer #normalpeople #dutytime #playhard #workhard #amazingplaces #beachescape #quiet #peace #comparison #sunday #thanksgodismonday☀️🌊 (presso Junquidou)

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Celebrating September 1st. . . . . . #september #summerisnotoveryet #whataview #location #seaside #secretbeaches #view #summertime #exploring #mediteranneo #september1st #september1st2017 (presso Phare de la Pietra)

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Volevo vivere come un pirata ma dopo una giornata mi ero già ustionato tutti i piedi. . . . . . #fairenough #notarealpirate #misson #defoe #longjonhsilver #teach #kidd #calico #lechuck #blackflag #island #cove #wilderness #plage #summerlife #rugs #beachs #summervibe #ignoranza (presso Lavezzi Islands)

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Summertime, and the living is easy (almost). . . . . . #summer #horizon #sunset #gradient #pastel #soft #colors #shade #tones #colors #evening #seaside #liguria #chilling #monday #damnmonday #resist (presso Cogoleto)

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Nostalgia, Gratitude & Optimism

The Yahoo-Verizon transaction closed this morning.  Here’s the email that I sent to company, looking back at the last 5 years and the company’s whole history.

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323 days ago, we announced that Verizon would be acquiring Yahoo’s operating business. Today, I can announce that the transaction has officially closed. While reaching this moment has certainly been a long road traveled, it marks the end of an era for Yahoo, as well as the beginning of a new chapter – it’s an emotional time for all of us. Given the inherent changes to my role, I’ll be leaving the company. However, I want all of you to know that I’m brimming with nostalgia, gratitude, and optimism.

It’s been my great honor and privilege to be a part of this team for the last 5 years. Together, we have rebuilt, reinvented, strengthened, and modernized our products, our business, and our company.

Looking back on my time at Yahoo, we have confronted seemingly insurmountable business challenges, along with many surprise twists and turns. I’ve seen our teams navigate these hurdles and mountains in ways that have not only made Yahoo a better company, but also made all of us far stronger. During these past 5 years, we’ve built products that delight our users, focused on our clients’ businesses, driven substantial value for our shareholders, and endeavored to make Yahoo the absolute best place to work. I want to take a moment to remind you of some of our many achievements together. They are remarkable, and we should all be very proud.

To our users: We have enhanced our products to be far more modern and engaging, especially for mobile

We became 1 of 3 internet companies in the world with more than 1B monthly users

We grew our monthly mobile users to more than 650M (one of the largest in the world) by launching and improving our products for mobile devices

We dramatically focused our product strategy, dispensing 150+ subscale products and features

We invested in search, building an offering that drew on strengths from Microsoft, Google and Yahoo, to provide dramatically improved search to our users and attract impactful partnerships, like Mozilla

We fundamentally improved Yahoo Mail, completely rewriting much of the infrastructure to provide a far more flexible and reliable system, while creating a robust mobile offering. Mobile Mail recently surpassed desktop Mail in daily users, which shows the power of the product and the platform we reinvented

We invested in our homepage and key verticals – news, sports, finance, and lifestyles – with each remaining as the go-to destinations in their categories. And, they have found new followings on mobile through the Yahoo app, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Sports, and Yahoo Fantasy. It’s hard to believe, but, in 2012, we didn’t have any of these 4 now-cornerstone apps on iOS or Android, we weren’t developing native apps, and we didn’t use these sought-after brands outside of desktop. Today, our users collectively spend an equivalent of 1,400 years on these products EVERY day.

We bolstered our security defenses with cross-company initiatives like SSL, HTML5, Account Key, and HTTPS

We committed to and invested in technical excellence in our architectures, reducing user-impacting incidents by more than half over the past 5 years

We won 2 Apple Design Awards in 2013 and 2014, and put unified product design front and center with Fuji

To our advertisers: We completely rebuilt our advertising business, putting our clients first

We rebuilt Yahoo’s ad tech around the fastest growing areas of digital advertising - mobile, video, native, and social (the Mavens)

We delivered $2B+ in Mavens GAAP Revenue last year (42% of Yahoo’s revenue!) up 10x from $200M in 2012 and essentially zero in 2011

Our GAAP mobile revenue last year was nearly $1.5B, making us one of the largest mobile ad platforms in the world

We pioneered Yahoo Gemini native and search ads, completely from scratch, now generating more than $1B in revenue annually

We acquired BrightRoll and Flurry to generate substantial new revenue streams in areas that aligned with our strategic growth areas of video and mobile

We dramatically streamlined our ad product suite, improved the functions of our auctions and exchanges, and made our ad formats work better for our advertisers while enhancing the design of our products

To our shareholders: Our stock has hit a 17-year high, more than tripling since July 2012

We oversaw the creation $43B in market capitalization and shareholder value. Our market cap has gone from $18B to $51B (increasing our valuation by $33B), while we returned nearly $10B in cash to shareholders.

We bought back 27% of our outstanding shares at an average price of $28.64. This scale of buyback is nearly unprecedented in its size, efficiency and accretion.

We negotiated the ability to retain an additional 122M Alibaba shares after the IPO. Today, those shares are worth an additional $9B beyond the IPO price.

We generated more than $800M in cash by licensing and selling non-core patents and real estate

We rebuilt Yahoo with the most efficient workforce and operated with the lowest cost structure in more than a decade

To our employees: We’ve helped bring to life the best of Yahoo’s culture

We increased transparency, accountability, and innovation with FYI, Corporate Goals, PB&J, and Hackdays

We expanded benefits including free food, extended maternity and paternity leave, and encouraged using Yahoo products by providing smartphones for our employees

We prioritized leadership empowerment, diversity & inclusion, and giving back with Yahoo for Good

We strategically reshaped our technical and sales talent, with a workforce that became 48% tech and 25% sales

As I look back on these achievements, I want to sincerely thank every single Yahoo employee, past and present, for your contributions both large and small. I’m tremendously grateful for all of the hard work and the many sacrifices you’ve made. We always endeavored to do the right thing for our users, advertisers, shareholders, and fellow Yahoos. This has required the most impressive displays of teamwork, innovation, and resilience I’ve ever seen, and working with you has made my time as CEO nothing short of a privilege.

Finally, I want to thank our founders, Filo and Jerry. Every entrepreneur’s wildest dream is to change the world with their ideas, and you’ve done just that. From day one, your tenacity and whimsy helped create one of the most special companies of all time – one that has employed more than 175,000 people, generated over $77B in revenue, and has informed, connected, and entertained a large portion of humanity. You’ve inspired all of us with your brilliance, values, and passion, and I will forever be in awe of you and I will forever be your biggest fan :-)  

Yaho-o-oo!

Marissa

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Liguria's finest. . . . . . #mare #riviera #levante #seaside #windowsview #morningview #chambreavecvue #outside #summertime #chillout #bringmethehorizon #whataview #leisure #genova #portofino #parco (presso Liguria, Italy)

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Bought some salad and two apples, cashier gave me three plastic bags. That's America. . View from Staten Island ferry. . . . . . #nyc #newyork #newyorkcity #statenisland #statenislandferry #financialdistrict #manhattan #freedomtower #seaview #pov #boatview #newyorklike #newyorkcityview #environment #pollUnion #goveg #reuse #manhattanbridge #nycpictures (presso New York, New York)

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Today in NYC: found a little bird on 5th avenue, unable to fly, was jumping between cars and people. We manage to pick him up and bring to safety in Central Park. It was just so little, he has to learn to fly yet. Also: Microsoft store was an unbelievable experience, while Apple on ththe fifth looks more like a tech Walmart. . . . . . #nyc #newyorkcity #nycrescue #savingbirds #pets #centralpark #5th #microsoft #apple #nycphotos #loveanimals #goveg #city #wildlife (presso Central Park)

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Wondered about this pov for quite a lot, eventually randomly found it while walking in dumbo. As many NYC iconic landmark, it was so crowded it almost lost its appeal. Gorgeous view anyway, with just a sick light. It's nice to say "I've been there". . . . . . #nycview #newyorkcityview #dumbo #brooklyn #manhattan #manhattanbridge #cityview #nyc #landmark #view #movie #street #classic #blackandwhite #nycphotography (presso DUMBO, Brooklyn)

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Only in NYC: went to high line and Central Park. Later on the same day: got lost in Harlem and being challenged to play chess with some niggas. Almost got it but i eventually lost in the final moves. Later in th evening we just bumped into Woody Allen in Park Avenue. . . . . . #nyc #newyorkcity #newyorkcitylife #onlyinnyc #centralpark #parklife #wideview #likeamovie #harlem #exploring #manhattan #downtown (presso Central Park)

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Golden years, they said. . . . . . #williamsburg #nyc #newyorkcity #downtown #newyorkcitylife #graffiti #staygolden #posing #girl #redhead #brooklyn #williamsburgart #williamsburgstreetart (presso Williamsburg, Brooklyn)

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Don't sleep 'til Brooklyn. . . . . . #nyc #newyorkcity #newyork #dumbo #brooklyn #brooklynbridge #bn #street #biancoeenero #newyorker #newyorklike (presso Brooklyn Bridge)