Was talking with a friend about the biggest scams or failures in tech. For me WeWork has to be #1 (even tho it's not really tech). What are some others that come to mind?

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Uhhhh Theranos?

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Although to be clear Holmes hasn’t gone to jail. Her trial isn’t until 2021 due to COVID.

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Pets.com. Although that might date me a bit 🙃 Remembwr “color” that raised $40M with no product. YikYak erased 1/10 of one of Sequoia’s funds quickly.

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YikYak's an interesting one. Pretty good product, but raised money on promises of a market it later decided to abandon. Goes to show that metrics aren't everything. I wonder what it looked like in the board room meetings...

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If you worked in this field you should know “50+ years” is an insane suggestion

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They are saying (I think) that self driving cars won’t be the norm or even in regular use by then.

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