INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Now TechCrunch has learned HQ has failed to install a new CEO after months of searching
Meanwhile, users continue to complain about delays for payouts of their prizes from the live mobile trivia game, and about being booted from
paid out $6.25 million to date and that 99% of players have been eligible to cash out within 48 hours of winning, but some winners may have
As such, we have a rigorous process of reviewing winners for eligibility to receive cash prizes
metastasizing into public issues
When they share those sentiments to social media, it could discourage others from playing
That, combined with concerns that bots and cheaters are winning the games, splitting the jackpots into tiny fractions so legitimate winners
staffers were preparing a petition to the board to remove CEO and co-founder Rus Yusupov for mismanagement
Yusupov caught wind of the plot and fired two of the leaders of the movement
Board member and Tinder CEO Elie Seidman told TechCrunch that Yusupov had accepted he would be replaced by someone with the ability fire him
and that a CEO search was ongoing
TechCrunch that a new CEO has yet to be installed
One source tells me that management had promised a new CEO by the beginning of August, but that Yusupov had stalled the process seemingly to
HQ Trivia, Yusupov and Seidman did not respond for requests for comment regarding the CEO search.When asked about morale at the company, a
decisions without full buy-in from the rest of the company
the company tweeted out the announcement.Hopefully HQ Trivia can find a new captain to steer this ship back into smoother waters
The game has hundreds of thousands of players and many more with fond memories of competing
revenue in expanded brand partnerships, fight off the bots and cheaters and get everyone paid promptly
must endure its internal tests of resolve and find a champ to lead it.
