Opinion

August 29, 2022

Founders, here's how to survive bad press

Whether delivering bad news to investors, employees or the wider public, here's how to avoid a firestorm


Zed Tarar

4 min read

Zed Tarar

If you run a startup, at some point you’ll need to deliver bad news to stakeholders. Maybe you need to address aggrieved customers — such as in the case of events startup Pollen — or laid off employees, your investors or the wider public. How you execute this can make or break your business. 

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Zed Tarar

Zed Tarar advises startups and holds an MBA from London Business School, where he specialises in the intersection of technology and policy. He has worked in five countries as a US diplomat.

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