It's easy to make enemies with startup bros. They're not exactly the most likable bunch of individuals.
This so-called "CEO" spent way more energy stirring the pot with competitors than running an actual company, and it wound up biting him on the behind in the end. First, he lost a tech competition to an academic researcher and started sending a ton of mean-spirited messages. He even crashed the researcher's Zoom lecture to spam the comments. This was the final straw for the researcher, who decided to take the opportunity to check out this startup bro's subpar product.
The product was supposed to be a water filtration apparatus, but it did not take long for the researcher to perfect the product and come up with a far better system. Rather than help the startup bro out, he decided to sell his new product to the CEO's biggest competitor. You can imagine what happened to the startup bro's business after that.
Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions from folks in the comments section. For more stories of workplace drama, check out this post about workers and that one colleague everyone dislikes.
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