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I know every founder who raises venture capital wants to create a unicorn. But to greatly inflate sales figures is stupid and easily discovered. How can you b
by rmason 5y ago
I know every founder who raises venture capital wants to create a unicorn. But to greatly inflate sales figures is stupid and easily discovered.
How can you be so talented as to create a startup worth hundreds of millions of dollars and still feel it isn't enough?
Update: I always thought that VC's did due diligence and that was how this guy was caught. Nope, apparently someone told the board of directors after they raised the B round from Tiger!
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-26/accused-ponzi-schemer-kept-busy https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-26/accuse...
Note the article on HeadSpin is second on the page.