I suspect this would work in a lot of cases if you can find out who the key engineers/strategy people in the company are. But working that out is probably the h

I suspect this would work in a lot of cases if you can find out who the key engineers/strategy people in the company are. But working that out is probably the hard part. If you have the money an acquihire guarantees you get everything. But then you still have to work out who those key people are after the fact and make sure you keep them happy.