Episode 8: Are you Committing a Hype Crime?
Description
Many in tech and Silicon Valley have closely watched the Theranos saga. It's kept entrepreneurs up at night wondering: does the Holmes conviction spell the end of smoke and mirror pitch decks and the "fake it 'til you make it" Valley ethos?
It's also caused concern in the tech PR and marketing circles. You've heard of hate crimes. As we go forward and do PR, and others in marketing go out there and market and advertise, it is a logical question: are we committing hype crimes?
In this episode, host Bob Geller speaks with noted legal analyst and commentator Aron Solomon to get answers to these questions.
About Aron Solomon
A Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer, Aron Solomon, JD, is the Chief Legal Analyst for Esquire Digital and the Editor of Today’s Esquire. He has taught entrepreneurship at McGill University and the University of Pennsylvania and was elected to Fastcase 50, recognizing the top 50 legal innovators in the world. Aron has been featured in Forbes, CBS News, CNBC, USA Today, ESPN, TechCrunch, The Hill, BuzzFeed, Fortune, Venture Beat, The Independent, Fortune China, Yahoo!, ABA Journal, Law.com, The Boston Globe, NewsBreak, and many other leading publications.
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