Innovation and management are different.
"Yahoo needed someone who could innovate entrepreneurially, and those go hand in hand (or glove). Marissa was an engineer by training, not an entrepreneur. First strike.
While she managed at Google, managing is not innovating, much less being entrepreneurial. Innovating (jumping curves) entails vision, yes, but it's so much more. It's being able to tie that vision to needs, wants and/or desires. Entrepreneurship is the qualities one brings to the table, the dogged determination to seek out avenues that gain traction, moving the ball toward the goal line." — JP Kaneshida