Author: Aron Solomon

This article first appeared in Forbes Will Smith took the stage twice last night at the Oscars. First, it was to slap Chris Rock following a joke the comedian made about the actor’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. He then returned to the stage to accept his first-ever Best Actor Oscar for his role as Richard Williams in King Richard. The audience at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, as well as the viewers at home, were stunned and confused, wondering if this was staged. It wasn’t—and the moment overshadowed the awards show. “Love will make you do crazy things,” a tearful…

This article first appeared in Business Insider. Canadian truckers have been protesting COVID-19 vaccine mandates since late last month. On Saturday, police began clearing out protests blocking a crucial bridge on the US-Canada border.On Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared a national emergency. Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared a national emergency over ongoing trucker protests, allowing the nation’s government to temporarily override civil rights. “The scope of these measures will be time-limited, geographically targeted, as well as reasonable and proportionate to the threats they are meant to address,” Trudeau said at a news conference on Monday. The far-reaching Emergencies Act gives the…

By Aron Solomon The eyes of the world have been on Melbourne over the past few days. With over one billion fans, tennis is one of the most watched sports in the world. But, as the Financial Times reported, tennis accounts for less than two percent of sports media rights, with almost all of those dollars flowing from the four Grand Slam events, among them, this month’s Australian Open. So it was big news when the number one men’s player in the world, Novak Djokovic, arrived in Melbourne late last week and was denied entry. A notable anti-vaccination as well…

By Aron Solomon This article originally appeared on Fortune.com here: https://fortune.com/2022/01/04/what-the-elizabeth-holmes-verdict-means-for-the-future-of-startup-culture-theranos-trial-startups-aron-solomon/ Elizabeth Holmes has been found guilty of several charges against her in a criminal fraud case. Her Theranos ordeal will continue to play out during the appeal, perhaps in prison, and certainly under the harsh light of public scrutiny for the rest of her life. Many startup founders should be extremely nervous about how they have run their own businesses. Observers around the world fell into one of two camps. Some agreed with the Holmes defense that her actions were those of a founder building a technology that would change the…

By Staff Writer Following the partial guilty verdict in the trial of Theranos’ founder Elizabeth Holmes, many in the media and startup community are wondering what exactly this verdict means for the future of startup culture. Esquire Digital’s chief legal analyst, Aron Solomon, addressed this burning question with Jackie DeAngelis, host for the Fox Business Channel. The video may be viewed in its entirety below. Watch the latest video at foxbusiness.com

By Staff Writer Scott Budman of NBC Bay Area returned to the San Jose courthouse this week as the jurors in the Elizabeth Holmes case continued their deliberations. While there have been no further questions or comments from the jury this week, court watchers share that each day brings us closer to a decision. The jury has now recessed for the New Year’s break and will return to the courtroom on Monday to continue deliberations. So far in the five days of deliberation, there have been two jury requests of the judge. One about instructions, another asking to relisten to…

By Staff Writer A full three days of deliberating was not enough for the jury in the Elizabeth Holmes case to reach a verdict in her federal fraud trial. But, according to NBC Bay Area, court watchers did get a sense of where the jury is focused at this moment. Reporter Scott Budman was live from the San Jose courthouse, where he shared that the jury requested to hear a call between Elizabeth Holmes and investors. The jurors seemed to be taking it very seriously, heads down, and taking notes. This was a call, by the way, that had a…

This article originally appeared in Fortune.com: https://fortune.com/2021/12/08/form-storm-norm-perform-twitters-new-ceo-faces-a-critical-few-months-as-he-seeks-to-differentiate-himself-from-jack-dorsey-leadership-experts-say/ After less than two weeks at the helm, Parag Agrawal, Jack Dorsey’s successor, is already making substantial changes to Twitter. The longtime company veteran, and its chief technology officer since 2017, is focused on streamlining operations and accelerating growth, which stagnated under Dorsey’s leadership during the second half of the 2010s. Already, Agrawal is planning to join employees previously siloed by department, like engineering, design and product development, onto teams organized by new categories like revenue and core technology, according to reporting from the Washington Post. As a result of these early organizational shifts, three…

By Staff Writer NBC Bay Area reporter Scott Budman returned to the San Jose court house last night to cover the latest developments in the Elizabeth Holmes trial, and what to expect as the jury deliberates. Now 16-hours into jury deliberations, 12 people are painstakingly working to determine the fate of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes. Esquire Digital’s Aron Solomon joined Budman to take a look into the minds of these 12 jurors, and what they might be thinking as they deliberate. According to Solomon, “The jury needs the time and the space to think out, and to talk out, all…

This article originally appeared on Fortune.com: https://fortune.com/2021/12/16/can-a-community-of-basketball-fans-run-an-nba-team-as-a-dao-crypto-investing-sports-nba-krause-house-pelicans-aron-solomon/ A group of developers who were deep into cryptocurrencies came up with the idea for a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (a DAO) in 2016. While the DAO had a massive hack and was delisted later in the year of its creation, its goal of facilitating crypto transactions and automating decisions is still alive. The Krause House is now setting out to take the concept behind the original DAO and apply it to the NBA. It wants to be the first virtual community to ever leverage the DAO to own a professional sports franchise. Named after the…