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I will happily defend everything I’ve said in a courtroom if necessary.
by austenallred 4y ago
I will happily defend everything I’ve said in a courtroom if necessary.
- gamblor956 4y ago
- bigDinosaur 4y agoThis seems unnecessarily aggressive as a general comment. Part of what makes HN interesting is the CEO's (and other high profile individuals at least in the tech industry) that sometimes comment. Certainly I think a CEO should have the time to write something on HN.
- chrisfosterelli 4y agoIs that how we now treat execs who bother to come directly address criticism aimed at their companies on HN? This is one the few places on the web that happens. You can still disagree with him if you want, but coming here to talk with us directly is respectable IMO. Focus on the arguments and not ad hominem.
- gamblor956 4y agoIf he's going to lie, yes.
- austenallred 4y agoFeel free to point out where I lie
- effingwewt 4y ago
- austenallred 4y agoThe fact that we changed our name because of a trademark lawsuit is a matter of public record https://dockets.justia.com/docket/california/candce/4:2019cv04060/344815?amp https://dockets.justia.com/docket/california/candce/4:2019cv...
- dzader 4y ago
- dang 4y agoYou can't attack others like this here, regardless of whom you're attacking. We ban accounts that do it, so please don't do it again. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html To answer the obvious rejoinder: no, we don't do this because someone is a YC founder—it's actually the opposite. We moderate less, not more, when YC or a YC startup is in the story: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=by%3Adang%20moderate%20%22less%2C%20not%20more%22&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu.... But "less" doesn't mean "not", and if we allow "you're such a scumbag liar" then we might as well not have any guidelines at all. Please don't post like this again.
- austenallred 4y agoHmm, it is interesting to me that sometimes when clear evidence conflicts with an existing mental model it’s easier to create imaginary evidence than to adjust the mental model.
- dzader 4y agolol completely agree. there is ample clear evidence you're a scumbag liar yet you continue to create imaginary evidence that you're actually a good person.
- shytey 4y agoLiterally every past comment of his is contentious or negative. Probably worth ignoring from here, clearly isn't acting in good faith on here.
- gamblor956 4y ago- Employment stats. The fact that you use the same term to mean different things to different people is prima facie evidence of an intent to misrepresent. - Requirement to register with the BPPE. A physical classroom has not been a threshold requirement for registration with the BPPE since at least 2009. The relevant statutes are available online. Also note that online classrooms were not "novel" in 2017 as you claim, so that's an additional misrepresentation. If you claim that your lawyer advised you contrary to the explicit written language of the relevant statutes, you would have clear grounds to sue them for malpractice, and even if you chose not to sue them, the Bar would be interested in disciplining them. - Claim of unique regulation burden. No, you're dealing with the same regulations that apply to all private schools in the jurisdictions in which they operate. - ISA. It was found to be illegal. By itself it could be innocuous, but combined with the other deliberate misrepresentations there is evidence of exploitative intent. And that's just your statements on HN. Don't get people started on the misrepresentations you've made elsewhere.
- albedoa 4y agoOkay: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33827631 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33827631 What is meant by "this is fair" if not a tacit admission that you lied about launching an unpaid intern program? If you define a lie as any stated falsehood that you have not tried to explain away, then of course we will not be able to find one that satisfies — you've made sure of it! It's the same method you use to reach your "86% making over $50k within 6 months" number.
- austenallred 4y agoThat's a totally fair question. When we were a much smaller company I would take a lot of time to respond to communicate with folks directly, and I learned a lot from it, and think everyone benefited from that level of direct communication. As we got bigger we got an expensive PR firm who built a big wall around me and put everything I said through review 8 times to massage it for _just the right tone_. There are too many other variables to know whether that was the right move or not, but it always felt wrong to me. I now regard that as a mistake, as I do many other "big company" things we did. (Broadly, my mental model for success was that we needed to grow up and become a "big company." Now I'm of the opinion that to be a successful company should actively fight against everything that feels "big company." Fewer meetings, more focus on the little details, etc.) So I don't know that it will work, but I'm intentionally carving out time to keep my ear to the ground and be responsive directly.
- sandofsky 4y agoI will bet $1,000 to the charity of your choice that you will settle your personal lawsuit— the one on this very matter— before your day in court.
- austenallred 4y agoYou have no idea how much I'm _yearning_ for a day in court. The problem is it costs millions of dollars to get to that point.
- shytey 4y agoYou can surely see they are helping a lot of people, in addition to what you believe on the negative side of things. Not trying to be snippy or offer a trick question, but genuinely, what do you get out of this? Surely it's not worth your time. Even if he is the biggest scammer on the planet you are probably better off spending your time on constructive things.