Bitwise & Betrayal: Inside the fraud scandal that shook Fresno
Tim Sheehan and Robert Rodriguez
4 episodes
9 months ago
It began in 2013 as a promising effort to train and develop a technology community in Fresno. A decade later, the collapse of Bitwise Industries stunned the city, with employees left without paychecks, investors and lenders owed tens of millions of dollars, and the company’s founders facing federal fraud charges.
Bitwise Podcast coming December 18, 2024.
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It began in 2013 as a promising effort to train and develop a technology community in Fresno. A decade later, the collapse of Bitwise Industries stunned the city, with employees left without paychecks, investors and lenders owed tens of millions of dollars, and the company’s founders facing federal fraud charges.
Bitwise Podcast coming December 18, 2024.
Episode 1: Bitwise's best intentions, highest hopes
Bitwise & Betrayal: Inside the fraud scandal that shook Fresno
25 minutes
10 months ago
Episode 1: Bitwise's best intentions, highest hopes
In 2013, a pair of entrepreneurs in central California launched Bitwise Industries, an incubator for technology startups with three goals in mind: to provide opportunities for young intellectual talent, to slow the brain drain from the region, and to raise the bar for diversity, equity and inclusion that were lacking elsewhere in the tech community. In this episode, co-founders Jake Soberal and Irma Olguin Jr. discuss their intentions and hopes for their company.
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Bitwise & Betrayal: Inside the fraud scandal that shook Fresno
It began in 2013 as a promising effort to train and develop a technology community in Fresno. A decade later, the collapse of Bitwise Industries stunned the city, with employees left without paychecks, investors and lenders owed tens of millions of dollars, and the company’s founders facing federal fraud charges.
Bitwise Podcast coming December 18, 2024.
