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The reason they do acqui-hires is to bail the VC out. The same VC sits on the board of the aquiring company. And we all know what happens when you try to hire

by vexxt 14y ago

The reason they do acqui-hires is to bail the VC out. The same VC sits on the board of the aquiring company. And we all know what happens when you try to hire away employees due to no-poach collusion, the hirer get's fired after Steve Jobs's email.

chermanowicz 14y ago
While I don't think this is systematic, it definitely happens from time to time and nobody says anything about it.
joshu 14y ago
This is much rarer than you think. Cite some examples.
- vexxt 14y ago
  Most of the recent aqui-hires. AOL buying Netscape.
  - joshu 14y ago
    So you don't have any examples or know what you are talking about. Got it.
  - eli 14y ago
    Didn't that happen over a decade ago? Or am I confused?