Clinkle is the new startup that's raised $25 million from investments without even being released yet, and it's all been led by the company's 22-year-old founder, who might either be super smart, or just really dumb. It all depends who you ask.
If you speak with his now ex-employees, they'll admit the dude, Lucas Duplan, is smart. Hey, he earned his startup $25M before it was even launched, and not even with an original idea: it's just another app that let's you pay for things via your smartphone (by the way, Square's Cash app does this pretty well already.) But, as this anonymous letter says from two of the 31 employees that have left the startup, the dude is a smart 22-year-old, as far as 22-year-old's who have no managing experience with millions of dollars go:
First off this is being co-written by 2 ex-employees who both quit. Not fired, not contractors, full time employees who had enough and quit.
Lucas. Outspoken CEO of Clinkle known by the general public as the man behind the legendary stealth startup which managed to raise the largest seed round in tech history at a wapping 25 million. Altho to his employees he's better know for his robotic like seances and all around douchebaggery.
Sometimes people skills go a long way, or, as these employees seem to be hinting at, manners and decency do as well. Clinkle (horrible name by the way) will be fighting hard to make sure it doesn't flop, and go the way of past apps that got hyped up, like Color. Remember them? Of course you don't. If what these former employees are saying is true, hopefully Duplan has enough smarts to make some changes to save his company, because a startup without employees is headed nowhere, fast.
[via ValleyWag]
