Threats, Demands, a Lawsuit, and a Website in Limbo: Inside the Chaos at ‘SI’ - Front Office Sports
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Threats, Demands, a Lawsuit, and a Website in Limbo: Inside the Chaos at ‘SI’ - Front Office Sports
As the dispute between Sam and the other higher-ups turned ugly, Nishad was dragged in to mediate. “I basically agreed that Sam was a very bad manager. He was genuinely a terrible manager.” But while Sam was sullen and withdrawn, the other members of the management team, in Nishad’s view, were excessively outraged. “The conversations we had were ab
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Instead of pursuing bold acquisitions, he is now locked in pedestrian squabbles with cable operators and union leaders who refuse to be swayed, let alone charmed.
Dylan Byers • The Iger Bunker
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What is perhaps most debilitating for Iger, however, is the simple fact that the rules of the game have changed, and the ambitions have diminished. The glory days of growth and conquest that defined his first tenure have given way to a brutal battle for survival, one in which Iger may be forced to deconstruct the very empire he helped build, starti... See more
Dylan Byers • The Iger Bunker
Diego Segura added
Santos and Nathan argued about how to use the infusion of cash. Santos wanted much of it to go to marketing; Nathan thought it should go to coders to strengthen the back end. But within six months of the funding announcement, the arguing stopped — Nathan left.
Courtney Rubin • How a Hot $100 Million Design Startup Collapsed Overnight
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In the end, for Sam to leave he had to want to leave, and Sam did not really want to leave. And so, on April 9, 2018, his entire management team, along with half of his employees, walked out the door, with somewhere between one and two million dollars in severance. At that moment, the outside investors were in the same uneasy position as Bob’s frie
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The company’s unraveling, which was reported by New York magazine, left dozens of designers reeling. At least two were owed more than $30,000, potentially life-altering sums for freelancers.
Courtney Rubin • How a Hot $100 Million Design Startup Collapsed Overnight
sari added
It made for an unnerving work environment: a colleague might be there one day and gone the next and you had no idea why.