Week 8 EOC Silicon Valley Season Finale

Picking up right where we left off last week, the gang was at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference receiving an apology by one of the representatives and getting the information that they were moved to the finals of the conference. It’s always good to have a lawyer to insure that any damages that were not going to affect the outcome of the contest or influence investors to perceive Pied Piper negatively. “You’ll have to pay for any legal advice, but entering into a bad … agreement can be a lot more expensive (and stressful) than a lawyer’s fees.” (108) The people at Hooli did a great job at standing out from the crowd and even made use of the common saying that “Size Matters.” That may have been ill advised, but it was well received. It was after the Nucleus presentation that many of the members of the Pied Piper team got nervous. Gilfoyle and Dinesh try jumping ship and joining Kerpy and the CEO told them that Kerpy was about to go broke and he asked if Pied Piper might be hiring. Jared gets it in his head that Pied Piper needs to “pivot” their priorities and maybe figure out what the business could do instead of what they’ve already been doing. “The goal is to balance their needs and priorities as effectively as possible,” (63) Jared proceeds to survey strangers, looking and sounding more deranged each time, and eventually gets detained by police when he appeared to be interested in kidnapping a child. Erlich tries to get inside Gavin’s head by interrupting an interview by saying that some made up stories had no base in truth, but if they were it would be pretty damning for Hooli. The physical toll of the presentation is nearly killing Richard, but when the group gets together they end up brainstorming about some nonsense and Richard is inspired to change the program. “…when creativity is the top priority—during new-product brainstorming, for instance—free-rein management would probably work best.” (261)  After feverishly working all night, Richard pulls it off and Pied Piper is better than ever. They blow the competition away at the conference.