An excellent “experience story” about a nightmare startup:

“I Got Scammed By A Silicon Valley Startup” (Penny Kim): 

https://medium.com/startup-grind/i-got-scammed-by-a-silicon-valley-startup-574ced8acdff#.nruijjx44

 

News accounts of this misadventure:

Business Insider:

http://www.businessinsider.com/wrkriot-burned-700000-allegedly-lied-to-employees-2016-8

New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/01/technology/a-silicon-valley-dream-collapses-in-allegations-of-fraud.html?ref=technology

TechCrunch: 

https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/30/wrkriot-vanishes-after-scam-accusation/

Quartz: 

http://qz.com/769654/i-got-scammed-a-tech-workers-awful-story-shows-the-gap-between-idealism-and-reality-in-silicon-valley/

 

See also some of my past posts, at:

http://www.markwelchblog.com/category/business/startups/

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