Comment by balls187

Seems taken out of context.

Do not hire is different than do not poach.

The wisdom I subscribe to is, if you have common investors, it's bad form to actively poach from portfolio companies.

For companies that are later stage, it's bad form to poach key employee's from portfolio companies.

Do Not Hire agreements between companies, however, seem unreasonable, except when there is clear cause for conflict of interest.