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The Wildest Stories of Corporate Espionage We’ve Ever Heard

2025/3/21
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This chapter discusses the intricate details of Rippling's legal confrontation with Deel over alleged corporate espionage. The story unfolds with Rippling suing Deel, claiming a spy was embedded within their company.
  • Rippling accused Deel of planting a spy to steal trade secrets.
  • A fake Slack channel was used as a honeypot to catch the alleged spy.
  • The alleged spy attempted to delete evidence during a legal confrontation.

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Episode 689: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr) ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP) ) break down the craziest stories of corporate espionage in history. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Rippling vs Deel

(10:21) The British East India Company

(17:11) Oracle vs Microsoft

(21:28) Coke vs. Pepsi

(24:14) Uber vs. Waymo

(26:03) U.S. Intellectual piracy

(28:10) Wiz sells for $32B

(39:40) A case for Glassdoor

(45:54) Marc Lore's new thing

(51:52) Money, Status, Power

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Links:

• Errol Musk interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5WyTw0oXDs

• Gili Ranaan interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG0SiUtBSh0&t=187s&ab_channel=MetisStrategy) 

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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/)

• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/)

• Copy That - https://copythat.com)

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth)

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/)

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