“We started something called Dogpatch Labs, which was a really, really cool office that we gave a bunch of entrepreneurs space. Those entrepreneurs included Instagram literally launched in that building.”

Excellent Leadership Podcast · Ryan Spoon (President, Yahoo Media Group) on Running the Internet's 5th Biggest Site

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provided office space to a community of entrepreneurs, creating a hub where startups like Instagram could launch

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