August 2, 2019 First Ever: I'm a guest on the $TSLAQpodcast where we talk about everything from Silicon Valley venture capital funded startup fraud at Johnson & Johnson's Acclarent to Elon Musk's Neuralink monkey. Spoiler: The monkey is smarter than Musk. Here are some links to support...
March 14, 2018 [caption id="attachment_51874" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Theranos is a venture capital-funded, privately held startup.[/caption] Today it was announced the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) cut a deal with Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes. There is only one way returning shares of (worthless) stock, paying a $500,000 fine and...
Updated June 21, 2017: As predicted by The Sociopathic Business Model™ since 2014the Uber board, comprised of the venture capitalists that fund the startup, kicked CEO Travis Kalanick to the curb. Not because of his unethical behavior but likely because of a DOJ investigation which...
March 1, 2017 President Trump: Keep Your Peter (Thiel) Out of Our Politics (FDA) From left to right, Vice President Mike Pence, President Donald Trump, and Peter Thiel The name Peter Thiel means many things to many people. To Silicon Valley, he’s the co-founder of Paypal-turned -venture capitalist and Facebook board...
April 2, 2016 [caption id="attachment_16498" align="aligncenter" width="580"] VCs reaction to SEC[/caption] The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) fired a warning shot at Silicon Valley, cautioning the tech community against playing fast and loose with valuations and urging it to channel more information to investors devouring...
October 23, 2015 Thinking about your Halloween costume this year? Pirate? Slutty pumpkin? Incarcerated med device or pharma CEO? Trending, as predicted on this site in January 2015, to be a pretty popular look where disgraced CEO's are no longer escaping via golden parachutes but rather federal...