Interesting. Seems like a cheaper alternative to acquihiring. :-) Long term I'd love to see stats on this. My intuition is you'd wind up more successful, simil

Interesting. Seems like a cheaper alternative to acquihiring. :-) Long term I'd love to see stats on this. My intuition is you'd wind up more successful, similar to how referrals make better employees. There does seem like some risk though - the team will likely succeed or fail as a group.