Scott Galloway
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The amount of safety, it would be, imagine a car and every six weeks, someone had to show up, check the spark plugs, replace them. If your tires showed anywhere, they have to replace the tires. They test the thing over and over. They detonate the airbags to make sure they're working and then put them back to make sure this thing will not. Almost all airline disasters are pilot air.
The amount of safety, it would be, imagine a car and every six weeks, someone had to show up, check the spark plugs, replace them. If your tires showed anywhere, they have to replace the tires. They test the thing over and over. They detonate the airbags to make sure they're working and then put them back to make sure this thing will not. Almost all airline disasters are pilot air.
And then they'd have very talented people coordinate all of this while it's sometimes there's 12,000 planes in the air at the same time.
And then they'd have very talented people coordinate all of this while it's sometimes there's 12,000 planes in the air at the same time.
And then they'd have very talented people coordinate all of this while it's sometimes there's 12,000 planes in the air at the same time.
Well, and I got a lot of shit for it, but I thought Elizabeth Holmes' sentence was overdone.
Well, and I got a lot of shit for it, but I thought Elizabeth Holmes' sentence was overdone.
Well, and I got a lot of shit for it, but I thought Elizabeth Holmes' sentence was overdone.
And I found it unsettling. Only 2% of founders of unicorns are female. I didn't think there was a lot different between what Adam Neumann did and Elizabeth Holmes did. They both lied to their board. They both exaggerated. Yeah. Look, a difference out of circumstances, I think things could have been much different. And people say, well, it's health. It's different. She lied about its capabilities.
And I found it unsettling. Only 2% of founders of unicorns are female. I didn't think there was a lot different between what Adam Neumann did and Elizabeth Holmes did. They both lied to their board. They both exaggerated. Yeah. Look, a difference out of circumstances, I think things could have been much different. And people say, well, it's health. It's different. She lied about its capabilities.
And I found it unsettling. Only 2% of founders of unicorns are female. I didn't think there was a lot different between what Adam Neumann did and Elizabeth Holmes did. They both lied to their board. They both exaggerated. Yeah. Look, a difference out of circumstances, I think things could have been much different. And people say, well, it's health. It's different. She lied about its capabilities.
She basically lied to the board and exaggerated the results, which, quite frankly, unicorn executives everywhere do. And I agree she was guilty. I agree she should have gone to jail. And I said publicly, I thought 10 years was overdone for a first offense for a nonviolent criminal. And her husband reached out to me and asked me if I would get involved in a campaign to get her out of jail.
She basically lied to the board and exaggerated the results, which, quite frankly, unicorn executives everywhere do. And I agree she was guilty. I agree she should have gone to jail. And I said publicly, I thought 10 years was overdone for a first offense for a nonviolent criminal. And her husband reached out to me and asked me if I would get involved in a campaign to get her out of jail.
She basically lied to the board and exaggerated the results, which, quite frankly, unicorn executives everywhere do. And I agree she was guilty. I agree she should have gone to jail. And I said publicly, I thought 10 years was overdone for a first offense for a nonviolent criminal. And her husband reached out to me and asked me if I would get involved in a campaign to get her out of jail.
And I said, look, this isn't something I'm emotionally invested in. I can't help. I think he's doing him and her a disservice doing this, because all he's doing is bringing attention to the fact that she did commit a crime and commit fraud. Because that'll be the story here. The story won't be the startup, whether it's a good idea or a bad idea.
And I said, look, this isn't something I'm emotionally invested in. I can't help. I think he's doing him and her a disservice doing this, because all he's doing is bringing attention to the fact that she did commit a crime and commit fraud. Because that'll be the story here. The story won't be the startup, whether it's a good idea or a bad idea.
And I said, look, this isn't something I'm emotionally invested in. I can't help. I think he's doing him and her a disservice doing this, because all he's doing is bringing attention to the fact that she did commit a crime and commit fraud. Because that'll be the story here. The story won't be the startup, whether it's a good idea or a bad idea.
The story will be reminding everybody that his wife, who's in prison and should be in prison, committed fraud. So I just don't think he's being smart about this. I don't. I think this is strategically, you know what I always wonder, young people, it's so hard to read the label from inside of the bottle.
The story will be reminding everybody that his wife, who's in prison and should be in prison, committed fraud. So I just don't think he's being smart about this. I don't. I think this is strategically, you know what I always wonder, young people, it's so hard to read the label from inside of the bottle.
The story will be reminding everybody that his wife, who's in prison and should be in prison, committed fraud. So I just don't think he's being smart about this. I don't. I think this is strategically, you know what I always wonder, young people, it's so hard to read the label from inside of the bottle.