Best of Business Wars Daily | Notes on a Tech Scandal | 6
Business Wars
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🗓️ 15 December 2022
⏱️ 46 minutes
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We're talking about corporate blunders at unicorn tech companies and how they recover — or don't. We're joined by Vanity Fair's Caleb Ecarma, Victoria Song from the Verge and comedian Matt Braunger, who's just released the new comedy special "Doug."
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| 0:00.0 | If you're an employee at a major tech company right now, well, you're probably feeling |
| 0:10.0 | more than a little anxious. |
| 0:12.4 | This fall is ushered in a slew of industry layoffs, more than 24,000 jobs in November |
| 0:18.1 | alone in PR reported. |
| 0:20.6 | The root causes, well, a combination of factors, the end of the pandemic uptick in sales |
| 0:25.2 | and larger economic turbulence, products that were key to making lockdowns less miserable |
| 0:30.4 | are no longer in such high demand. |
| 0:33.0 | But for many of these same companies, well, the trouble started well before this fall. |
| 0:37.9 | Today, we're talking all about corporate scandals and what happens when business gets ugly. |
| 0:43.1 | Specifically, we're focusing on three Silicon Valley companies, valued at more than a billion |
| 0:47.4 | dollars so-called unicorns, met a formerly known as Facebook, Peloton and Uber. |
| 0:53.4 | They've had more than their fair share of scandals and bad press, but can they bounce back? |
| 0:59.2 | And have they? |
| 1:00.5 | Here to talk about all that, Vanity Fair reporter Caleb Eccarma, Victoria Song, reporter |
| 1:06.0 | from the Verge, and comedian Matt Bronger. |
| 1:09.3 | We'll also look back at some of our tech stories from our sister show Business Wars Daily |
| 1:13.9 | and look ahead to our next season that's all about white-collar crime in the art world. |
| 1:18.8 | South of these versus Christie's, stick around for the best of Business Wars Daily. |
| 1:48.8 | I'm David Brown and this is the best of Business Wars Daily. |
| 2:18.6 | We're chatting about what happens when corporations play dirty and joining us, Vanity Fair reporter |
| 2:24.4 | Caleb Eccarma and comedian Matt Bronger, who has a new comedy special out on YouTube called |
| 2:30.5 | Doug. |
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