Shervin Pishevar

So Rachel's on the line, and she immediately says, you know, we need to hire Attorney General Holder, which was Obama's attorney general who had recently stepped down. It was at a big law firm. We need to hire an attorney general holder to do an independent investigation of workplace culture. And I looked at him and I was like, it's a trap. He was in a conversation, so he didn't hear me.

So Rachel's on the line, and she immediately says, you know, we need to hire Attorney General Holder, which was Obama's attorney general who had recently stepped down. It was at a big law firm. We need to hire an attorney general holder to do an independent investigation of workplace culture. And I looked at him and I was like, it's a trap. He was in a conversation, so he didn't hear me.

So Rachel's on the line, and she immediately says, you know, we need to hire Attorney General Holder, which was Obama's attorney general who had recently stepped down. It was at a big law firm. We need to hire an attorney general holder to do an independent investigation of workplace culture. And I looked at him and I was like, it's a trap. He was in a conversation, so he didn't hear me.

And it went over his head, but he agreed to it. I was the beginning of the end because you're basically giving up a lot. You're becoming very vulnerable in that situation.

And it went over his head, but he agreed to it. I was the beginning of the end because you're basically giving up a lot. You're becoming very vulnerable in that situation.

And it went over his head, but he agreed to it. I was the beginning of the end because you're basically giving up a lot. You're becoming very vulnerable in that situation.

Well, you know, if someone has a nefarious strategy to get rid of you and you agree to a independent investigation by the Attorney General of America, you're vulnerable. They're going through every single thing and it can turn it into something that it's not. And so things can be manipulated and all of that.

Well, you know, if someone has a nefarious strategy to get rid of you and you agree to a independent investigation by the Attorney General of America, you're vulnerable. They're going through every single thing and it can turn it into something that it's not. And so things can be manipulated and all of that.

Well, you know, if someone has a nefarious strategy to get rid of you and you agree to a independent investigation by the Attorney General of America, you're vulnerable. They're going through every single thing and it can turn it into something that it's not. And so things can be manipulated and all of that.

six months later the report's supposed to come out and that week travis tragically lost his mother in a boating accident uh mother and father were in a boating accident and she passed away and he was in the hospital his father was also like close to death and in the middle of that tragedy benchmark girly decided to go after travis So they delayed the release of the report.

six months later the report's supposed to come out and that week travis tragically lost his mother in a boating accident uh mother and father were in a boating accident and she passed away and he was in the hospital his father was also like close to death and in the middle of that tragedy benchmark girly decided to go after travis So they delayed the release of the report.

six months later the report's supposed to come out and that week travis tragically lost his mother in a boating accident uh mother and father were in a boating accident and she passed away and he was in the hospital his father was also like close to death and in the middle of that tragedy benchmark girly decided to go after travis So they delayed the release of the report.

And the report, by the way, didn't find anything wrong that Travis did or I did. There was nothing in there about him directly. And the recommendation was to go hire a Sheryl Sandberg, like a chief operating officer. So Travis was actually in Chicago the week that he lost his mother and recruiting a chief operating officer. you know, dealing with the tragedy and trying to take care of his company.

And the report, by the way, didn't find anything wrong that Travis did or I did. There was nothing in there about him directly. And the recommendation was to go hire a Sheryl Sandberg, like a chief operating officer. So Travis was actually in Chicago the week that he lost his mother and recruiting a chief operating officer. you know, dealing with the tragedy and trying to take care of his company.

And the report, by the way, didn't find anything wrong that Travis did or I did. There was nothing in there about him directly. And the recommendation was to go hire a Sheryl Sandberg, like a chief operating officer. So Travis was actually in Chicago the week that he lost his mother and recruiting a chief operating officer. you know, dealing with the tragedy and trying to take care of his company.

And Matt Kohler and Peter Fenton show up at his hotel room, surprise him with a letter with five early investors basically saying, you need to step down to CEO.

And Matt Kohler and Peter Fenton show up at his hotel room, surprise him with a letter with five early investors basically saying, you need to step down to CEO.

And Matt Kohler and Peter Fenton show up at his hotel room, surprise him with a letter with five early investors basically saying, you need to step down to CEO.

you know, lowercase, first round capital, Menlo, obviously Benchmark. And they basically said, look, if you don't resign, we're going to release this letter publicly to the press, et cetera. And so Travis was kind of, you know, in the room for hours and hours trying to decide what to do. And he ultimately agreed to step down, which I highly regret because... Did he have a choice?

you know, lowercase, first round capital, Menlo, obviously Benchmark. And they basically said, look, if you don't resign, we're going to release this letter publicly to the press, et cetera. And so Travis was kind of, you know, in the room for hours and hours trying to decide what to do. And he ultimately agreed to step down, which I highly regret because... Did he have a choice?