Myth: Failure Is AwesomeĪccording to Forbes, one prevalent myth in the real Silicon Valley - and many tech companies - is the idea of "failing better," or faster, or more often, which often happens to the guys at Pied Piper. After the episode aired there was backlash from female programmers - until it came to light that all the Disrupt footage was from the actual event. As Gizmodo reports, that was the case with a first-season montage that was inspired by TechCrunch Disrupt and that did not include any shots of women.
A company called ChezJJ let early-stage startup founders share rent on a combined living and working space - at least until it was shut down in 2015.
And although the character often goes over-the-top, his hard-partying ways are based on Napster creator Sean Parker. Fact: Hacker Hostelsįor many fans, the more screen time owned by T.J. In the show, the idea barely makes $50,000 on Kickstarter, but the real-life app that inspired it - Yo - grabbed $1.5 million from investors, according to TechCrunch. Consider the show's riff on an app named "Bro," which, as you might suspect, lets people text the word "Bro" to other users. While the show nails much of the venture capital (VC) and startup atmosphere that pervades Silicon Valley, it doesn't always get the details right. Related Article: What Do You Do for a Living? Four Myths of an IT Pro 2. Benson appears in hologram form, using state-of-the-art technology that cost "20 million $#%ing dollars." The only problem? It's a complete and utter failure. And that's exactly what happens in Season 1, episode 5 when, as Mashable notes, former Pied Piper employee Big Head has an "in-person" meeting with Hooli exec Gavin Benson. IT pros can relate: Big-money communication technology doesn't always work as advertised. But is the "Silicon Valley" TV show a reasonable facsimile of real life? In some ways it's a smoky mirror of the tech startup experience and in other ways it completely misses the mark.
The show is now on track for a fourth season and whatever's next for Richard, Erlich, Jared, Dinesh and Gilfoyle, it's sure to be a wild ride. HBO's "Silicon Valley" managed a rare feat: It turned the fictional struggles of a tech company - Pied Piper - into an entertaining 30 minutes of television.
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