Week 7 EOC Silicon Valley Episode 7

Episode 7 focused on the events leading up to Pied Piper's presentation at TechCrunch. At the beginning and throughout the episode Richard isn't handling the stress and anxiety that he is putting himself through. The presentation isn't ready, the booth they have only has brochures (commonly used as trash fodder), and the whole thing seems to be heading for a disaster. Jared seems to be going through a mental break down and not adjusting well after returning from Peter's Robot Island. Then Jared isn't help accountable for the preparation and execution prior to TechCrunch, but nobody seems to care. Erlich does the right thing once they get to the conference and leaves the herd behind to go networking. “Excellent communication and networking skills” (268) Richard runs into Big Head and gets thrown off balance when he is told that a woman he used to date is telling everyone that Richard is obsessed with her. Proving her right, by then obsessing over her telling people and he doesn't stop focusing on her, when he should be working on finishing the presentation. Richard isn't the only one distracted either. “The company actively gathers data and pursues a connection with customers who initiate contact.” (190) Working a convention floor to connect should be a priority. Denish falls for a girl that used Gilfoyle to write a code, that Denish finds very attractive. Erlich is worried that a judge won't treat Pied Piper fairly because of his experience of adultery with his previous wife, so he goes to fix it and ends up affair with the judge's new wife. “Protection from corruption and unfair competition is another entrepreneurial ‘must.’” (304) The only thing that anyone does right is Richard showing appreciation for the long-suffering Jared. Also Erlich wanting to have the presentation unique and outstanding compared to the hundreds of almost exactly the same presentations by startup tech companies.