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Re:The Sudden, Mysterious Exit Of A Quora Cofounder Has Sili... by ilamont on Tuesday October 02, 2012 @10:51PM (#4605577)
I've said many times on HN that Yahoo needs to start getting REALLY aggressive in the valley to stay alive; they need to be investing in every startup that comes along and acquiring many more.

All the brain trust is being gobbled up by google and (even moreso, recently) facebook.

I personally think that Acquihires are a bad thing (TM) for the state of our industry... but if Yahoo has any hope in hell, they need to inject some innovative blood into themselves in a damn hurry.

What's the logic behind aggressive investing/acquiring, other than talent?

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Re:The Sudden, Mysterious Exit Of A Quora Cofounder Has Sili... by samstave on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @01:16AM (#4605945)
Check out these links regarding the logic behind acquires being much more than a talent acq.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4325445

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4272331

Most specifically this comment I made:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4273436

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