Jul 19, 2022
Who would you rather be at this moment: Brittney Griner facing a 10 year sentence in Russia, Sunny Balwani in San Jose facing a 20+ years sentence for various types of investor fraud, or Derek Chauvin who is serving 21 years in Minnesota for killing George Floyd. It’s a bizarre, hard to prove case for Sunny Balwani who was ultimately imprisoned even though he invested millions of his own dollars into his own startup. Is it possible that the Theranos founders were able to fool an elite board with their promises of technology in a “fake it until you make it” attitude? Jack Russo asks Rafael Chodos what Balwani’s conviction means to the board members of California startups.