Watching Captains of the World on Netflix. Just remembered Byju’s was a sponsor for the FIFA World Cup 2022.

My first startup had a smoking zone where there was gramophone looking art piece where people used to dump their ashes. Later someone told me that it’s a Bluetooth speaker and no one cared to put it back after the party that happened two weeks back. That was true culture shock.

Apart from unethical sales practices, toxic work culture and mindless accusations, what do you think went wring with Byju’s.

BYJUs has raised a round of 700 M last week in a tight funding market, investors are said to be Middle East based sovereign wealth fund. It is said messi partnership and fifa World Cup had introduced the firm to Middle East sovereign funds

What could they do to undo this downward spiral?

I hear tales about how at their peak, BYJU's used to deal with investors. They would not share financials. If you wanted to invest, they'd ask you to come down to office, and only for that time, see whatever you want to see. Investors obliged. It was the shining star of Edtech India, nobody wanted to miss out. Now those same investors are ousting the founder, fair enough. But I hope enough people look back and realize they created the problem. They allowed it to exist.