Venture Capital
Last spring, VC-backed programmatic ad startup RadiumOne fired founder and CEO Gurbaksh “G” Chahal after he plead guilty to a pair of misdemeanors: One for domestic violence battery and one for battery, both related to allegations that he hit and kicked his then-girlfriend 117 times over a 30-minute period (which, charmingly, he videotaped). But the actual termination wasn’t immediate, even though RadiumOne was preparing to go public. Here is some of what I wrote after Chahal plead guilty, but remained with the company: Why is Chahal still CEO? I called and emailed each of the VC board members yesterday to...