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Reddit: faked accounts to seed activities AirBnB: scraped and spammed craigslist OrderAhead: faked phone in orders to restaurants not participating LendingCl
by alaskamiller 10y ago
Reddit: faked accounts to seed activities
AirBnB: scraped and spammed craigslist
OrderAhead: faked phone in orders to restaurants not participating
LendingClub: faked financial viability to lenders
Zenefits: faked hours for accrediting licenses
Homejoy: faked out investors
- rwc 10y agoAnd Theranos?
- alaskamiller 10y agoDifferent class.
- fnimick 10y agoPart of being a modern startup means you have to break the rules to catch up with established competition. If you get big before the law catches up with you, you win. See: Uber. Flagrantly illegal, but it's gotten big enough to pressure governments rather than the other way around.
- erdevs 10y ago"Startup = growth" :/