Doubledown Files for Bankruptcy

No one has anything good to say about Randall Lane --- especially those of us who worked with him at Doubledown Media. He was, I was told, once a man of integrity and honesty... but from my experience, he is a liar and an egomaniac, who tried to fulfill his own egotistical dreams of being a successful businessman. Perhaps he was a decent editor, but a businessman? Randall Lane drove Doubledown Media into the ground. He insisted on pursuing personal interests (his Napa Valley event, for example), using the company's money, NOT paying his sales people, and worst of all, underestimated how important it was to treat people with respect and honesty. He always believed his ideas were right, though time and time again, they proved to be wrong. He didn't listen to other people. He has no business sense --starting from business vision down to the way he would dress when meeting a potential buyer for his properties. Unprofessional at every level. I'm not alone in the pool of people to whom he owes a lot of money. He used to say that salespeople were expendable -- "let him/her leave, we'll get someone else" were his words, when sales people complained they were owed money and they would not continue to work unless paid. He never truly understood how important sales was to his organization. And certainly never treated salespeople with the respect he should have. I believe that Randall Lane will get what he has coming to him, and that's nothing good. I do hope he loses everything that means anything to him. Does that make me a terrible, vindictive person? I don't think so. Many of my friends at Doubledown are left in terrible situations -- having to sell their houses, wondering how they'll pay for their children's educations, owed lots of money which they'll never see. It's criminal, quite frankly. So my hope is that Randall too loses his house and his assets and has at least as much burden as he has put on the team who worked so hard for him. He did not deserve most of us, that's for sure.

I worked for them from November 2008 till the time the company crashed. My job was to update the website and send out newsletters. I was generating the company revenue, and I was never paid. The last I heard from them was "We will be in touch". It's been about a month and I haven't heard a word from them and I seriously doubt I will. I'm out thousands of dollars (which to me, a kid right out of college) is a "boatload of money" It would have covered my bills for the rest of the year. I spent months of my savings waiting for a paycheck from a company that had a corrupt person at the top. I wish I knew this sooner.

Was asked to work on an alumni publication for U Penn. Turned into a personal self-promotion project for both Dunning and Lane. Both are shady frauds