PrivacyDigest<p>A <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Recruiter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Recruiter</span></a> Is Staffing a Project to Deploy <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> Agents Across the US Government </p><p>A <a href="https://mas.to/tags/startup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startup</span></a> founder told a <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Palantir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palantir</span></a> alumni <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Slack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slack</span></a> group that AI agents could do the work of tens of thousands of government employees. He was met with emojis of clowns and a man licking a boot.<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/doge-recruiter-ai-agents-palantir-clown-emoji/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/doge-recruiter</span><span class="invisible">-ai-agents-palantir-clown-emoji/</span></a></p>
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e Mobil im Leben (eMiL)<p>Der deutsche Batteriezellenentwickler CustomCells hat für seine Standorte in Itzehoe und Tübingen Insolvenz angemeldet. Die Holding ist nicht betroffen. Hauptgrund ist die Zahlungsunfähigkeit des Flugtaxi-Entwicklers Lilium, dem größten Kunden, der offene Rechnungen in zweistelliger Millionenhöhe nicht bezahlt haben soll. Neue Investoren konnten trotz vielversprechender Entwicklungen nicht gewonnen werden. Auch staatliche Hilfe blieb aus. Der Betrieb läuft vorerst weiter, die Löhne der über 200 Beschäftigten sind bis Juni 2025 gesichert. Zum vorläufigen Insolvenzverwalter wurde Dr. Malte Köster bestellt. CustomCells wurde 2012 als Fraunhofer-Spin-off gegründet und entwickelt Batteriezellen für Spezialanwendungen in Luftfahrt, Motorsport und Premium-Automobilbau.</p><p><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Insolvenz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Insolvenz</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/CustomCells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CustomCells</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Batteriezellen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Batteriezellen</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Lilium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lilium</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Energie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Energie</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Mobilit%C3%A4t" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mobilität</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Fraunhofer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fraunhofer</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Startup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Startup</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Technologie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technologie</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.electrive.net/2025/04/30/batteriezellen-entwickler-customcells-ist-insolvent/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">electrive.net/2025/04/30/batte</span><span class="invisible">riezellen-entwickler-customcells-ist-insolvent/</span></a></p>
Universität zu Köln<p>💶 Das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz fördert ein Gründungsvorhaben der Universität zu Köln mit 1,1 Millionen Euro. Das Projekt PoLightFilters entwickelt eine bahnbrechende Filtertechnologie, die optisches Rauschen signifikant reduziert und neue Wege in der Photonik, Sensorik und Display-Technologie eröffnet. 🌟 </p><p>Mehr dazu ▶️ <a href="https://uni.koeln/VLNVY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">uni.koeln/VLNVY</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/UniK%C3%B6ln" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniKöln</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/UniCologne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniCologne</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/Forschung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Forschung</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Innovation</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/Gr%C3%BCndungsvorhaben" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gründungsvorhaben</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/Filtertechnologie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Filtertechnologie</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Innovation</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/StartUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StartUp</span></a></p>
Universität zu Köln<p>💶 The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action is supporting a start-up project from the University of Cologne with 1.1 million euros. The PoLightFilters project is developing a groundbreaking filter technology that significantly reduces optical noise and opens up new paths in photonics, sensorics, and display technology. 🌟</p><p>Learn more ▶️ <a href="https://uni.koeln/A6F94" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">uni.koeln/A6F94</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/UniK%C3%B6ln" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniKöln</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/UniCologne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniCologne</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/Forschung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Forschung</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Innovation</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/finterTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finterTechnology</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/StartUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StartUp</span></a></p>
Yvan<p>If you're in the <a href="https://toot.ale.gd/tags/Cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cambridge</span></a> area and looking for <a href="https://toot.ale.gd/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>work</span></a>, like small very <a href="https://toot.ale.gd/tags/startup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startup</span></a>-y environments, and appreciate good coffee/drinks and BBQs at an office* in a rural setting then they're ("we're"?) hiring: <a href="https://careers.flok.health/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">careers.flok.health/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Codebase is mainly Python and TypeScript with some Rust on the side, but things are very much a moving target.</p><p>Oh, they're hiring in <a href="https://toot.ale.gd/tags/physiotherapy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physiotherapy</span></a> too!</p><p>Software developers and physiotherapists... it isn't your normal software company. (And note that it is NOT a GenAI company.)</p><p>Hiring seems to be at least just as hard now as I recall from 10 years ago... and I know it's also hard from the job-seeking direction too, it took me months of mostly never even getting acknowledgements to applications for jobs I'd selected as a very good fit, taken the time to tailor cover letters for, etc... it was hell.</p><p>* 4 days per week on-site.</p><p><a href="https://toot.ale.gd/tags/GetFediHired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GetFediHired</span></a> <a href="https://toot.ale.gd/tags/SoftwareEngineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareEngineer</span></a> <a href="https://toot.ale.gd/tags/SoftwareDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareDev</span></a></p>
HAWK Hochschule<p>NEU: Der HAWK Business CAMPUS öffnet innovative Räume für Studierende, die gründen wollen! Drei Standorte, eine starke Community & gezielte Unterstützung durch Hochschule und Partnerorganisationen – außerdem entstehen gerade moderne Arbeitsplätze in den Gründungsräumen an jedem Standort. Was braucht deine Gründungsidee noch? Sprich einfach die Gründungsmanager*innen an! 🚀🤝 <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/HAWK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HAWK</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/BusinessCampus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BusinessCampus</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Innovation</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/Startup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Startup</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/Gr%C3%BCndung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gründung</span></a> <br>Mehr zum HBC: <a href="https://www.hawk.de/de/newsportal/pressemeldungen/innovationsraeume-fuer-studierenden-start-ups" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hawk.de/de/newsportal/presseme</span><span class="invisible">ldungen/innovationsraeume-fuer-studierenden-start-ups</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LrBtN_DIj8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=3LrBtN_DIj</span><span class="invisible">8</span></a></p>
Janek @ IndieDev.site<p>How to do ✨ influencer marketing ✨ as an 🧑💻🕹️ indie game developer...</p><p>In a few simple steps! 🥰</p><p>Nr 1. Start a spreadsheet 📊</p><p>Nr 2. Start collecting data about YouTube and Twitch channels using free tools such as: SullyGnome, SocialBlade, or even YouTube Advanced Search. 🤓</p><p>Look for channels that played games in the same genre your game is. And fairly recent ones as well!</p><p>1/?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/indiedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indiedev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/solodev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solodev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gamedevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/smallbusiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smallbusiness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/startup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startup</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/smallstreamer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smallstreamer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/twitchstreamer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>twitchstreamer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/influencer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>influencer</span></a></p>
Tykayn<p>un navigateur Web qui ne te permet de lire que des trucs écrits par des mecs blancs cis : le Web BROwser.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.cipherbliss.com/tags/innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>innovation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cipherbliss.com/tags/startup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startup</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cipherbliss.com/tags/ia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ia</span></a></p>
Abishek Muthian<p>Ghareeb scientist asks why IPL is using vulnerable Chinese robot dog when several Indian startups have their own robot dog. <br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r904CAj02Y" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=5r904CAj02</span><span class="invisible">Y</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/mastindia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastindia</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ipl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ipl</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/robot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robot</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/startup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startup</span></a></p>
L'Informé<p>🔎👜 Les dessous de la campagne massive contre le <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/luxe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>luxe</span></a> français sur TikTok</p><p>Les réseaux sociaux sont envahis de vidéos dénigrant LVMH, Hermès mais aussi Prada ou Ralph Lauren. Elles encouragent les consommateurs à acheter directement en Chine. L'Informé a consulté une note adressée au gouvernement par la <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/startup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startup</span></a> Bloom. En 24 h, plus de 2 milliards de vidéos ont été visionnées.</p><p>▶️ <a href="https://l.linforme.com/58rhy3wc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">l.linforme.com/58rhy3wc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Hamburg Journal (inoffiziell)<p>Streit über veganen Eierlikör: Start-up unter Beschuss</p><p>Der Likör der Hamburger Manufaktur Warlich Rum ist ohne Ei. Das steht auch so drauf, wird aber nun ein Fall für die Anwälte.</p><p><a href="https://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/sendungen/hamburg_journal/Streit-ueber-veganen-Eierlikoer-Start-up-unter-Beschuss,hamj158004.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ndr.de/fernsehen/sendungen/ham</span><span class="invisible">burg_journal/Streit-ueber-veganen-Eierlikoer-Start-up-unter-Beschuss,hamj158004.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hamburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hamburg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WarlichRum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarlichRum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Manufaktur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Manufaktur</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Eierlik%C3%B6r" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eierlikör</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vegan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vegan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StartUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StartUp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Streit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Streit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ostern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ostern</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProVeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProVeg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Spirituosen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spirituosen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HamburgJournal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HamburgJournal</span></a></p>
5h15h<p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/startup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startup</span></a> postmortems always provide great insights for future <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/founders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>founders</span></a> <a href="https://buildwithtract.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">buildwithtract.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Check out 483 startup failure post-mortems from @CBinsights <a href="https://www.cbinsights.com/research/startup-failure-post-mortem/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbinsights.com/research/startu</span><span class="invisible">p-failure-post-mortem/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startups</span></a></p>
Aulia Masna<p>When everyone else was throwing praise and cash at a fish-feeder startup like it’s the second coming of Grameen Bank, it’s easy to start wondering if maybe you’re just being cynical. Maybe you’re jaded. Maybe the founder *really is* a scrappy visionary from East Jakarta.</p><p>People in the Indonesian tech scene knew how cynical, critical, and skeptical I was whenever I came across new startup ideas or concepts. People probably called me the dream killer with all the startup ideas I shat on as a judge at various tech startup events over the years but I was the judge, not the executioner.</p><p>For the most part I asked hard questions about their ideas and they mostly couldn’t find the answers. That’s on them. It’s on the founders to decide how to proceed after my grilling. But this one, this fishy fish feeding idea, this was blowing red flags in my head but it already had far too many major backers at the time. I chose to stay quiet and distanced myself from the hype.</p><p><a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/startup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startup</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Indonesia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indonesia</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/efishery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>efishery</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/TootSEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TootSEA</span></a></p><p><a href="http://aulia.me/2025/04/16/i-wanted-to-be-wrong-about-efishery-i-really-did/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">aulia.me/2025/04/16/i-wanted-t</span><span class="invisible">o-be-wrong-about-efishery-i-really-did/</span></a></p>
AuliaSays<p><strong>I Wanted to Be Wrong About eFishery. I Really Did.</strong></p><p>I remember the pitch. I remember the guy. I remember sitting in the same room as him around ten years ago, listening to people praising his tenacity, seeing well regarded people and startup figures laud him as a visionary, and walking away feeling that gnawing sense I’ve come to trust over the years. When the story feels too clean, too heartwarming, too startup-perfect. </p><p>But I didn’t say anything publicly to avoid being called out for having a markedly opposing view and being highly skeptic about it, not to mention the predictable judgment that would have come, accusing me of being envious while not being anywhere near successful. It was after all a gut feeling with little to back it up and I wasn’t about to go on a mission to take down the latest tech darling of the nation, the pride and Joy of the Indonesian startup community, with no support. <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-04-15/how-indonesian-startup-efishery-s-ex-ceo-gibran-huzaifah-faked-the-numbers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">This company was an international sensation</a> and people in my circle knew of my doubts but I don’t recall posting publicly about it.</p><p>When everyone else was throwing praise and cash at a fish-feeder startup like it’s the second coming of Grameen Bank, it’s easy to start wondering if maybe you’re just being cynical. Maybe you’re jaded. Maybe the founder <em>really was</em> a scrappy visionary from East Jakarta who’s cracked aquaculture and was about to scale empathy and catfish across Southeast Asia. I mean look at all those articles about the company and how this guy appearing out of nowhere becoming something of a tech startup prophet.</p><p>Except now, here we are: $300 million gone, farmers screwed, machines abandoned, and the poster child of “tech for good” exposed as a meticulously constructed con.</p><p>And you know what? I’m not surprised. I’m pissed.</p><p>Because I <em>wanted</em> to be wrong. I wanted this story to be true. I wanted this to be the one that proved that impact and innovation and bottom-of-the-pyramid hustle could build something real. But from the beginning, eFishery had all the wrong kinds of charm: the underdog myth polished to perfection, the handcrafted pitch deck trauma-bonding with VCs who wanted to save the world without leaving the hotel lounge.</p><p>He said all the right things. He did all the right gestures, looking all pious and revered. And when the numbers didn’t line up? When the tech was too expensive for the people it was supposed to help? When the revenue made zero sense for a company claiming to transform Indonesia’s rural fish farms? Everyone just nodded harder.</p><p>I watched as global investors, SoftBank, Temasek, Sequoia (Peak XV), Social Capital, lined up to outbid each other for a slice of this sweet, scalable fiction. And the media? Oh, we played along too. We love a redemption arc. We love a startup that feeds fish <em>and</em> our desire to feel like capitalism might still be capable of doing something decent. Again, with all these big name international funds coming in to feed the fish feeding startup, who am I to contradict their supposed intellect and superior judgment?</p><p>But deep down, I kept thinking: this doesn’t smell like fish. It smells like a fishy performance.</p><p>Now that it’s unraveled, this wasn’t just a few optimistic numbers or an overzealous forecast. This was systemic. Two sets of books. Ghost transactions. Fake shell companies. A finance operation so convoluted it’d make a crypto bro blush. All of it propped up by a moral calculus so warped it might as well have been cribbed from a freshman philosophy seminar: “Yes, I lied, but I helped some farmers, so doesn’t that count for something?”</p><p>No, it doesn’t. You don’t get to run over everyone with the trolley and call it “net positive.”</p><p>The real damage here isn’t just financial. It’s reputational. It’s trust. It’s yet another blow to the already fragile belief that startups in emerging markets can build something real without burning down the ecosystem around them. This kind of fraud doesn’t just hurt investors. It makes it harder for every honest founder grinding away on a real solution with real traction and real limitations.</p><p>And don’t get me started on due diligence. Multiple rounds of funding, multiple term sheets, global funds with armies of analysts, and <em>no one</em> noticed the company stopped filing basic financials in Singapore? That feeder machines were supposedly deployed at scale with zero supply chain footprint? That fish feed producers weren’t even aware of this supposed revolution happening in their own backyard?</p><p>The worst part? Some people will still excuse it. They’ll frame it as a tragedy. As a good person corrupted by pressure. A “lesson” for the ecosystem. I get it. That’s cleaner. Easier. But I can’t do that. Not after watching people celebrate this company like it was changing the world, when some of us knew it wasn’t adding up.</p><p>There were moments when I wondered if I was just being too harsh, too skeptical. I thought, maybe I’m just tired of the hype machine. Maybe I’m projecting.</p><p>Turns out I wasn’t projecting. I was just paying attention and my gut was screaming against my rationale.</p><p>And now, here’s the wreckage: laid-off staff, bankrupt farmers, investors licking wounds, and a founder who thinks starting a frozen seafood business is part of his redemption arc.</p><p>No. You don’t get to fail upward on the backs of people you lied to.</p><p>This wasn’t inevitable. This wasn’t an honest mistake. This was a choice, repeated, amplified, and dressed up as progress. And he did it because everyone he asked told him it’s okay to do it because they all did it too. They all failed him and everyone paid the price. Fake it til you make it, they said. Well, in this story, nobody made it.</p><p>And I hate that my gut feeling was right.</p><p>On the other hand he managed to hoodwink Chamath Palihapitiya who deserves everything coming at him.</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://aulia.me/tag/business/" target="_blank">#business</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://aulia.me/tag/entrepreneurship/" target="_blank">#entrepreneurship</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://aulia.me/tag/investment/" target="_blank">#investment</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://aulia.me/tag/startup/" target="_blank">#startup</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://aulia.me/tag/startups/" target="_blank">#startups</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://aulia.me/tag/tech/" target="_blank">#Tech</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://aulia.me/tag/writing/" target="_blank">#Writing</a></p>
God I Love Oranges<p>comfortable tech and finance bros pay poor people</p><p> (my family. pay my family to ease the knowledge of your countless sins.) </p><p>PayPal.me/londonshine<br>Venmo: @londonshine<br>Cashapp: $glamorshark </p><p><a href="https://goblin.camp/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://goblin.camp/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://goblin.camp/tags/stocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stocks</span></a> <a href="https://goblin.camp/tags/wallstreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wallstreet</span></a> <a href="https://goblin.camp/tags/elon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elon</span></a> <a href="https://goblin.camp/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://goblin.camp/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://goblin.camp/tags/openai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openai</span></a> <a href="https://goblin.camp/tags/prompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prompt</span></a> <a href="https://goblin.camp/tags/startup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startup</span></a> <a href="https://goblin.camp/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://goblin.camp/tags/marketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marketing</span></a> <a href="https://goblin.camp/tags/SMEs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SMEs</span></a> <a href="https://goblin.camp/tags/moneymindset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moneymindset</span></a></p>
Paul Houle<p>🎙️Discord Is Trying To Burrow Deeper Into The Fabric Of Gaming</p><p><a href="https://kotaku.com/discord-sdk-nitro-ads-ipo-profitable-splitgate-2-1851770484" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kotaku.com/discord-sdk-nitro-a</span><span class="invisible">ds-ipo-profitable-splitgate-2-1851770484</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>games</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/discord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discord</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/startup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startup</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/communications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communications</span></a></p>
RiffReporter<p>Ein <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Startup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Startup</span></a>, an dem mehrere <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fu%C3%9Fball" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fußball</span></a>-Profis beteiligt sind, verkauft Pulver und Pillen, die mehr Power und Ausdauer versprechen. Doch ist das wirklich gesund? Verbraucherzentralen klagen wegen irreführender <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Werbung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Werbung</span></a>. Was steckt dahinter? <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://metalhead.club/@martinruecker" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>martinruecker</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sport</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gesundheit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gesundheit</span></a> <a href="https://www.riffreporter.de/de/wissen/nahrungsergaenzungsmittel-fussball-matchday-nutrition-gericht-werbung-verbraucherschutz" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">riffreporter.de/de/wissen/nahr</span><span class="invisible">ungsergaenzungsmittel-fussball-matchday-nutrition-gericht-werbung-verbraucherschutz</span></a></p>
DIE<p>Nur noch 1 Woche bis Bewerbungsschluss! ⏳ Letzte Chance, Ihr Projekt einzureichen. Ihr Bildungsverein oder Ihre Organisation kann Vorreiter in der KI-gestützten Erwachsenenbildung werden! <br>Noch bis 11. April mit einem Kurzprofil bewerben! <br>👉 <a href="https://t1p.de/x0pfr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">t1p.de/x0pfr</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://bildung.social/tags/DIEinnopreis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DIEinnopreis</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/Erwachsenenbildung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Erwachsenenbildung</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/LebenslangesLernen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LebenslangesLernen</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/DigitaleBildung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitaleBildung</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/ZukunftBildung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZukunftBildung</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/Gemeinschaft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gemeinschaft</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/Startup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Startup</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/KI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KI</span></a></p>
Sociocracy For All<p>Interested in sociocracy but no idea where and how to start? <br>This webinar on April 10 is for you!</p><p><a href="https://www.sociocracyforall.org/event/first-steps-into-sociocracy-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sociocracyforall.org/event/fir</span><span class="invisible">st-steps-into-sociocracy-2025/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/sociocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sociocracy</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonprofit</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/bettermeetings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bettermeetings</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/leadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leadership</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/NGO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NGO</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/smallbiz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smallbiz</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/startup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startup</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/coop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coop</span></a></p>
Paul Houle<p>🕹️ Here's What A Failed Pitch For A PlayStation Game Looks Like</p><p><a href="https://kotaku.com/sony-japan-studio-playstation-portable-psp-stamp-1851769381" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kotaku.com/sony-japan-studio-p</span><span class="invisible">laystation-portable-psp-stamp-1851769381</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>games</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sony</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/playstation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>playstation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pitch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pitch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/startup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startup</span></a></p>
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