I&#x27;m not entirely sure either side is lying.   It&#x27;s pretty tough to go around a CEO to the board or investors with concerns like that.  I don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s necessarily fair for Suster to say &quot;Hey I talked to this engineer and he never voiced these concerns while I worked with him&quot; based on that reason.<p>Mark is an operator and knows that most people do respect the CEO chain of command unless the behavior is unethical or the situation extreme.<p>On the other hand, what&#x27;s the bloody point of the engineer coming out in a secret blog to raise concerns on the tech.  If the team can&#x27;t develop a solution, the company will not be able to raise money and fail.<p>If enough people read the blog and get concerned reading the blog- the company fails because of litigation around fraud etc and everyone loses their jobs and the company for sure fails to find a solution.<p>Either way, if all of our goals is to see innovation, it&#x27;s not a very constructive approach.