Excerpt: If you%u2019re about to build anything, don%u2019t build it to flip or you%u2019re almost guaranteed to flop. Sure, you could win the Yahoo lottery, but the odds aren%u2019t in your favor. If 9 out of every 10 new companies fail, I can%u2019t imagine the minute percentage of successful acquisitions. 1 in 100? 1 in 1000? Worse?