Which company best nurtures upstart acquisitions: Yahoo or Google?

The favored exit strategy for internet startups is no longer an IPO but a splashy acquisition - preferably by Yahoo or Google. Head-to-head, how successful have Google and Yahoo been at advancing their purchases? Take a peek at FSB's scorecard.

By Stacy Cowley
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Google acquisition:
Deja News (2001; undisclosed)

Yahoo acquisition:
eGroups (2000; $432 million in stock)

Winner: Tie
Google's first acquisition was the assets of Deja News, which archived the pre-web Usenet discussion network. Google added mailing-list management features and bundled the services as Google Groups, but Yahoo had a head start and used eGroups to jump-start Yahoo Groups. Still, as the principal archive of proto-Internet history, Google Groups is indispensable.

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