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1985-2001

Enron

Ask why

🚨 Fraud🦄 Unicorn

Valuation at Death

$68 billion

Money Burned

$74 billion in shareholder value

Body Count

20,000 jobs lost

Lifespan

5844 days (16 years)

☠️ Official Cause of Death

Creative accounting

Mark-to-market accounting turned future dreams into today's revenue

Epitaph

They asked 'why not cook the books?'

The SEC had an answer

💡 The Lesson

Eventually someone checks the math

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I Was There Too

Raise your hand. Be honest. We all fuck up.

No one has confessed yet. Be the first to raise your hand.

Were you part of this? Did you use it? Raise your hand:

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