Insights for Online Acquisitions or New Talent (1,129 words)

• If they had the chance to do it again—would they? (Hint: You're looking for the answer "Yes").

Whether 2001 becomes a lion is still to be determined. But you could capture a lion's share of bargains, be they for good acquisition tools or good people to manage them, if you ask the right questions.

Tim Dolan is vice president of list services at Bigfoot Interactive, a direct e-mail and e-marketing services firm. He can be reached at tdolan@bigfootinteractive.com.