Ask HN: What are some of the worst stories of entrepreneurs getting screwed?

Posted by logicalmoron on Thursday January 26, 2012 @09:59AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Self-explanatory — curious about stories like Mike Arrington and the CrunchPad, Khalid Shaikh at YouSendIt. Are there others that I'm missing?

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Re:Ask HN: What are some of the worst stories of entrepreneu... by JS_startup on Thursday January 26, 2012 @11:54AM (#3514827)

If you haven't already, read up on the tragedy surrounding Edwin Howard Armstrong (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Howard_Armstrong)

Edwin invented FM radio which RCA saw as a threat to its AM empire (much like Edison saw Tesla's AC method of power distribution as a threat to DC). Edwin committed suicide after being bankrupted by RCA's legal onslaught. He never got to see FM radio become a success.

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