Founders Behaving Badly

Amber Rhodes

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Your source for stories about messy founders and execs.

22/06/2025

#2| So long, and thanks for all the crimes

In this episode of Founders Behaving Badly, we dig into Pavel Durov, Telegram’s meme-loving billionaire, whose “free speech forever” stance ultimately got him arrested. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:45 - A surprise arrest in Paris 00:03:32 - What even is Telegram? 00:06:18 - Free speech or just non-compliance? 00:08:29 - Memes, Mark Zuckerberg, and four passports 00:11:55 - 100 kids and no headquarters 00:15:08 - 950M users and zero filters 00:17:27 - From ISIS to influencers 00:23:56 - When privacy policies bite back 00:26:46 - A three-year fall from grace 00:29:27 - What the charges really mean 00:32:12 - Tech’s first platform liability arrest 00:34:33 - Enter Elon Musk (of course) 00:36:15 - Telegram changes its tune 00:41:32 - Is this really ‘bad behavior’? 00:46:13 - Advice for the founder in free fall Got a story you want us to cover? Hit up the tip line. Get in touch with Amber.

48 min
18/05/2025

#1 | 92 customers in a trench coat

In the very first episode of Founders Behaving Badly, we dig into a sketchy AI edtech. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:40 - The AI chatbot for truancy 00:05:04 - From Harvard halls to hot water 00:06:51 - Fraud charges and pivot points 00:12:14 - Investor decks and wild claims 00:17:02 - When $5K becomes $3.7M 00:23:40 - The SVB collapse and a fake rescue 00:26:20 - Playing the consultant 00:31:02 - The final unraveling 00:36:15 - Where the money went (or didn’t) 42:18:00 - The end of free money 44:12:00 - When charisma meets crime Got a story you want us to cover? Hit up the tip line. Get in touch with Amber.

48 min
26/02/2025

"Allegedly" - Founders Behaving Badly Trailer

Hey, did you hear about what happened with that one founder? Founders Behaving Badly is a podcast about founders and executives doing naughty things and not getting away with it. In each episode, I'll tell guests a story about a founder misbehaving. From divisive posts and poor employee treatment to fraud, embezzlement, and identity theft. These stories are full of juicy gossip, And hey, maybe you'll learn something about business along the way. Or not. You might be surprised by some of these stories of founders and CEOs misbehaving, but I'm not. I've got the news alerts and DMs to prove it. Subscribe now to be the first to get new episodes. And as always, allegedly.

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