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> You're opening yourself up to talent raids, exposure of company dirty laundry,

Nope - there's an agreement covering that. The pissed off founder may win that lawsuit, but can she afford to?

> negative press, and future problems for all your portfolio companies.

Oh really?

Sequoia Capital told its portfolio companies to lay off engineers, to treat them as contractors.

How many entrepreneurs didn't pitch to Sequoia Capital as a result? How many engineers turned down jobs at SC's portfolio companies?




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