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23&Me files for Bankruptcy and Anne Wojcicki's identity crisis, Zuckerberg Streisanding himself, an end to restaurant reservation scalping, and Becca's reflections on getting laid off.

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23andMe bankruptcy filing sparks privacy fears as DNA data of millions goes up for sale

Delete your data from 23&Me

Mark Zuckerberg Just Taught a Master Class in How Not to Handle a Crisis

Careless People discussion on Glamorous Trash

Bon Appetit! Governor Hochul Signs Legislation Cracking Down on the ‘Black Market’ for Restaurant Reservations

US judge sets Boeing 737 MAX fraud trial for June 23

Dominic Gates, the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist at the Seattle Times

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The jury is now deliberating! What do you think? Guilty or Not Guilty?

At the closing arguments of US vs. Charlie Javice, aka the Jose Baez oral rollercoaster. WEEE!!! Highlights include:

• The Monopoly Man is ACTUALLY J.P. Morgan

• Jamie Dimons "widdle baby" defense

• A scorned bank employee hopes to save bank daddies reputation

• As always, hyper realistic drawings that bring you into the belly of the lower Manhattan District Courthouse

   

In 2007, the mecca of hipster paradise was the Etsy headquarters in Brooklyn. Etsy epitomized elder-millennial quirk with a sprinkle of digital delusion, and no one personified the vibes quite like their CEO and founder, Rob Kalin. 

But while Kalin and his friends were building a crafters utopia, a ruthless venture capitalist had another plan for the company: destroy it from the inside out and get SUPER rich doing it.

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Etsy Wants to Crochet Its Cake, and Eat It Too

Etsy Was a Twee Culture Punchline. Now It’s a Wall Street Darling.

Etsy CEO says company is escaping ‘race to the bottom’ and getting back to its artisan roots

Dispatches from the Charlie Javice Trial!

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Charlie Javice is another Forbes 30-under-30 uber-genius-startup-founder (see: SBF, Elizabeth Holmes, or Carlos Watson) who spent about 18 months in the warm center of the venture capital fake-it-till-you-make-it circle jerk before the sisal rug gets pulled out from under her. Once she was exposed as a total phony, every investor immediately covered their own ass and scrub the internet of any trace of themselves slobbering all over her. But one investor, JP Morgan's Jamie Dimon, took it a step further, and (in our opinion) weaponized the United States Justice Department to punish Javice for embarrassing him infront of his big bank friends!!! 

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USA v. Javice

How Charlie Javice Got JPMorgan to Pay $175 Million for … What Exactly?

Charlie Javice, Millennial CEO Sued by JPMorgan, Was a ‘Namedropping’ Cool Boss

The 8 Most Confusing Things About FAFSA

Jamie Dimon Says Frank Acquisition ‘Was A Huge Mistake’ After JP Morgan Alleges Millions Of Fake Customers

This is an episode for our true crime lovers! we're talking about a 2019 GANG STALKING SCANDAL that involves the executives at a fortune 500 company criminally stalking a sweet old couple. What made these executives so mad? The chief executives at Ebay so deeply butthurt about a comment the couple made on their niche ecommerce blog that they crashed-out into a goodfellas-esque, rage fueled paranoid spiral, and orchestrated a highly illegal stalking and harassment campaign against them. 

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Elliott Management letter puts eBay on notice to improve stock performance

Inside eBay’s Cockroach Cult: The Ghastly Story of a Stalking Scandal

Silicon Valley elite defend nonprofit CEO with dark past - San José Spotlight

A Special Message for EcommerceBytes Readers

We dive into the stinky-swindly waters of the scamandosphere and try to do what seemingly no one wants to do... GET IN DONALD TRUMP'S HEAD!

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PLUS good news about a health care strike in Oregon!

We emerge from the vapor haze of a high school bathroom (how are these kids blowing PERFECT smoke rings??) to tell the tale of two Stanford grads who did what every single-celled-business-ameoba-boy dreamed of doing but was too scared to actually commit to doing - MAKE SMOKING COOL AGAIN!! They undid decades of work by doctors and public health advocates and turned millions of kids who would have never smoked a traditional cigarette into nicotine dependent freakazoids. CA-CHING!!

Riddled with RAGING CASES of silliconvalleyitis, Juul's founders market their powerful nicotine delivery device straight to kids while the FDA was taking a well-deserved half-decade nap. They BLITZSCALED their way to a $38billion valuation and made like 50 people a lot of money.

But of course, after the BLITZSCALE comes the HYPERFLOP...

Research:

The Devil's Playbook by Lauren Etter

Big Vape by Jamie DuCharme

Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. JUUL Labs

The Juul Is Too Cool

How Juul Got Vaporized

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We're BACK and starting off with an absolute banger! Sit back and enjoy the messy escapades of a bunch of horned up teenagers trapped in adult bodies: 23&Me Founder Anne Wojcicki, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, and A Bald Eagle's worst nightmare, Elon Musk. With cameos from RFK Jr (POST Brain Worm) and the corporate scandal Forrest Gump, Diane von Furstenberg, this episode is the WHOSE WHO of Silicon Valley hanky panky.

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The Doyenne of DNA Says: Just Chillax With Your Ex

O.K., Glass: Make Google Eyes

As 23andMe Struggles, Concerns Surface About Its Genetic Data

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Becca and Adam talk about the Giggly Grain Grandpa: Bob Moore of Bob's Red Mill. But don't toss your oats just yet, this is a good episode. We'll teach you how to have a Bob Moore Summer (Perfecting your porridge, socializing the means of production, hyperfixating on hobbies, and being jolly) and restore your faith in CEOs. 

Then we answer listener questions (37 min mark).

THANK YOU! For another great season - we'll see you soon :) 

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Bob’s Red Mill: Securing The Future Through Employee Ownership

Bob Moore, Who Founded Bob’s Red Mill, Is Dead at 94

Executive greed is driving the labor shortage, says 93-year-old leader whose workers own 100% of the company