acquihire
verbEtymology
Coined by Rex Hammock in 2005 as acqhire, blend of acquire + hire, in reference to acquisition of Dodgeball.com by Google. Hammock subsequently worked to popularize the word. Spelling inconsistent, particularly to difficulty in pronunciation (/ak-hire/), leading to longer variants.
- derived from *kewHs-✻
- inherited from *hūzijaną✻
- inherited from hire
Definitions
To acquire a company, in particular a small startup, to recruit its employees, rather…
To acquire a company, in particular a small startup, to recruit its employees, rather than for its products or services.
An acquisition of a company to recruit its employees, rather than for its products or…
An acquisition of a company to recruit its employees, rather than for its products or services.
- Then, in August, they bought Push Pop press, which was seen as an acquihire of designers Kimon Tsinteris and Mike Matas, who designed several of key pieces of the iPhone interface.
- There are a lot of really excellent founders pursuing consumer ideas that just never work -- that's why companies like Yahoo and Google and others can do so many acquihires.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA