Some books arrive with polish. Others arrive with pulse.   The Startup Scandal felt like the second kind to me. It does not waste time trying to look clever. It simply pulls you into a world where ambition is never clean, trust is always vulnerable, and success comes with the kind of emotional invoice most people do not talk about until it is too late.   What stayed with me while reflecting on this book was not just the thriller element, though that certainly gives the narrat