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Founders Behaving Badly
by Amber Rhodes
Your source for stories about messy founders and execs.
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#2| So long, and thanks for all the crimes
In this episode of Founders Behaving Badly, we dig into Pavel Durov, Telegram’s meme-loving billionaire, whose “free speech forever” stance ultimately got him arrested.00:00:00 - Intro00:01:45 - A surprise arrest in Paris00:03:32 - What even is Telegram?00:06:18 - Free speech or just non-compliance?00:08:29 - Memes, Mark Zuckerberg, and four passports00:11:55 - 100 kids and no headquarters00:15:08 - 950M users and zero filters00:17:27 - From ISIS to influencers00:23:56 - When privacy policies bite back00:26:46 - A three-year fall from grace00:29:27 - What the charges really mean00:32:12 - Tech’s first platform liability arrest00:34:33 - Enter Elon Musk (of course)00:36:15 - Telegram changes its tune00:41:32 - Is this really ‘bad behavior’?00:46:13 - Advice for the founder in free fallGot a story you want us to cover? Hit up the tip line.Get in touch with Amber.
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#1 | 92 customers in a trench coat
In the very first episode of Founders Behaving Badly, we dig into a sketchy AI edtech.00:00:00 - Intro00:02:40 - The AI chatbot for truancy00:05:04 - From Harvard halls to hot water00:06:51 - Fraud charges and pivot points00:12:14 - Investor decks and wild claims00:17:02 - When $5K becomes $3.7M00:23:40 - The SVB collapse and a fake rescue00:26:20 - Playing the consultant00:31:02 - The final unraveling00:36:15 - Where the money went (or didn’t)42:18:00 - The end of free money44:12:00 - When charisma meets crimeGot a story you want us to cover? Hit up the tip line.Get in touch with Amber.
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"Allegedly" - Founders Behaving Badly Trailer
Hey, did you hear about what happened with that one founder?Founders Behaving Badly is a podcast about founders and executives doing naughty things and not getting away with it.In each episode, I'll tell guests a story about a founder misbehaving. From divisive posts and poor employee treatment to fraud, embezzlement, and identity theft. These stories are full of juicy gossip, And hey, maybe you'll learn something about business along the way.Or not.You might be surprised by some of these stories of founders and CEOs misbehaving, but I'm not. I've got the news alerts and DMs to prove it. Subscribe now to be the first to get new episodes. And as always, allegedly.
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Your source for stories about messy founders and execs.
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Founders Behaving Badly is created and hosted by Amber Rhodes.
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