The last few weeks have not been good to the superstars of the tech industry. 

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has dominated headlines for weeks after finally completing his purchase of social media giant Twitter, and subsequently overseeing a mass departure of staff and the breakdown of the platform he bought.

Speaking of collapse, the dramatic fall of FTX and founder Sam Bankman-Fried has again raised questions about the sustainability of crypto. 

So where have things gone wrong for these tech giants, and what does this tell us about the self-mythology of founders?
 
Today, Vaughn Davis, the founder of ad agency The Goat Farm, joins Damien for a chat about the strange tech overlords managing billions of dollars.  

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