What Went Wrong With The CrunchPad Partnership – with Chandrasekar Rathakrishnan

Chandrasekar "Chandra" Rathakrishnan, Indian Founders, International Founders

I love learning how business deals get done and why they sometimes fall apart. So when I read Michael Arrington’s post about the end of the CrunchPad, I got insanely curious about why the partnership behind it fell apart. Arrington said Fusion Garage ran away with his baby, so I posted an open invitation on Mixergy to the company’s founder to come and talk about it. Surprisingly, he said yes with no hesitation.

In this interview you’ll hear about the deal from Chandrasekar “Chandra” Rathakrishnan’s point of view, and you’ll see the device that he renamed the JooJoo in action.

Chandrasekar "Chandra" Rathakrishnan

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