But Yahoo was going to be an albatross for any big name that took it. She was a big and rising name in SV for a long time. I think she knew that she was likely selling all of her potential future for this so she took the gamble with her reputation by not gambling with her finances.

That being said I still don't think she did a particularly good job even given where she started, but you never know that about a person until they get to sit in the big chair.