Unless they were lying about their competitors or spreading malicious rumors I would say this is fine. Welcome to business, people are going to claw their way t

Unless they were lying about their competitors or spreading malicious rumors I would say this is fine. Welcome to business, people are going to claw their way to the top with whatever legal means they can. I would think that, if anything, 500 startups should do more diligence on the people attending their pitch day to prevent this from happening.