How To Make $1 Million In Three Years Working For A Failing Company (YHOO)

When Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer joined the company in 2012, she was shocked to learn that the company had less than 100 people working on mobile development. She came up with a strategy to quickly fix the problem: buy lots and lots of failed startups and on-board their engineering teams. These types of deals are called "acqui-hires." It was a quick and effective way for Yahoo to add hundreds of mobile developers to its ranks. It's also an expensive method.  When I was doing reporting for my new bo...