Twitter reacts to Rahul Yadav's resignation letter

Twitter blew up with people taking clear positions - with Yadav, or against him

Rahul Yadav’s resignation as CEO and chairman of Housing.com has taken many by surprise. But what really took the start-up and investor ecosystem by shock was the tone of Yadav’s resignation letter, in which he referred to Board members and investors as “not intellectually capable” to have a “sensible discussion” with. Immediately following the letter was published on various media platforms, Twitter blew up with people taking clear positions – with Yadav, or against, sending #RahulYadav and #Housing to the top of the trend chart.

This is not the first time that the founder has been in the news. In March, the email spat between Yadav and Sequoia Capital's MD, Shailendra Singh, was made public on Quora, following Yadav's outburst about poaching after Sequoia made a job offer to a Housing.com employee

 

Serious business has no place for drama queens - http://t.co/KztjMkkxQD co-founder Rahul Yadav resigns http://t.co/7fVlKS0jPD

— Abhishek Pathak (@4abhishekpathak) May 5, 2015

Housing dot com CEO Rahul Yadav resigns and writes this not so charitable letter to investors. Wow! pic.twitter.com/fvjeciFVX8

— Sujit Patel (@SujitPatel99) May 5, 2015

Classic eg. of Good-->Bad-->Ugly! Why m I not surprised by Rahul Yadav's exit..overdose of arrogance + stupidity....sad.. #housing #startup

— cogito ergo sip (@PurvaGoswami) May 5, 2015

At some point, this stops being heroic and gutsy... @Housing co-founder Rahul Yadav resigns as CEO http://t.co/QLkTcsDVbc

— Pranay Srinivasan (@utekkare) May 5, 2015

Startups (in public): "Damn hope @housing employees are doing well" Startups (in private): "Aree recruiter ko bolo @housing ko target karey"

— Pranay Srinivasan (@utekkare) May 5, 2015

Professionalism is passe, Rahul Yadav, the CEO of #Housing is trending for his tenager type resignation letter: pic.twitter.com/DryYxB91vq

— (@India_Policy) May 5, 2015

Oh Rahul Yadav. Being smart is one thing. Having maturity and the humility to lead is all together a different thing. Take time & learn it

— Rashi Kakkar (@rashi_kakkar) May 5, 2015

@ratichaudhary NO RITMO DO HOJE http://t.co/bi03KcUzCQ

— Divulga Cultura (@divulga_cultura) May 5, 2015

Rahul Yadav's #attitude depicts that he is trying to be like #SteveJobs but frankly speaking he isn't a CEO type of material

— Kunal Kalra (@kunalkalra88) May 5, 2015

However, some Twitteratis were all praise for his manner of exit

Founder of @Housing resigns, calling investors intellectually incapable. Their turn to #LookUp ? http://t.co/luxmLcY5Md

— Mahesh Murthy (@maheshmurthy) May 5, 2015

The Times Group The challenge of a founder becoming an employee, investors will run the company http://t.co/fmjbKPvINg

— Mohandas Pai (@MDPai05) May 5, 2015

This @Housing CEO Rahul Yadav seems to be one badass. Quite something this letter! #StartupTroubles pic.twitter.com/4aDFIPbjIl

— Nikita (@Nikitaism) May 5, 2015

Worth framing:Resignation letter of Rahul Yadav of @Housing which has bn blowing up money like dotocoms of 1999-2000 pic.twitter.com/JEjM3ADHt6

— Debashis Basu (@Moneylifers) May 5, 2015

http://t.co/zr6uuygpco CEO Rahul Yadav Quits; Pens The Most Badass Resignation Letter http://t.co/dK8u8hA5WA

— Rashmi Trivedi (@twittyrashmi) May 5, 2015