Robert Scoble departs his augmented reality company following sexual harassment claims
Longtime tech blogger and evangelist Robert Scoble has resigned from the Transformation Group, a “mixed reality” consulting firm he co-founded earlier this year, following multiple allegations of sexual assault.
The allegations against Scoble began coming out last Thursday, starting with a blog post by journalist Quinn Norton, and grew over the next day. By Friday evening, Scoble had published a Facebook post saying he was “deeply sorry to the people I’ve caused pain to” and acknowledging that he had “behaved in ways that were inappropriate.”
On Sunday evening, Scoble’s partner in the Transformation Group, Shel Israel, wrote that Scoble had resigned from the company. “His decision is related to recent revelations that Robert engaged in...