{"id":21897,"date":"2017-04-03T17:03:20","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T15:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/?p=21897"},"modified":"2024-04-17T11:13:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T09:13:59","slug":"failed-april-fools-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/en\/21897\/failed-april-fools-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"When an April Fool&#039;s joke backfires..."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><p><strong>The Munich startup <a href=\"\/en\/ecosystem\/fitrate\/\">FITrate <\/a>announced on Saturday that Philipp Lahm had joined the company with a seven-figure sum. Lahm apparently doesn&#039;t find the April Fool&#039;s joke funny, however \u2014 according to Bild, his management is considering legal action.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The sports information service reported last Saturday: &quot;Lahm new major investor in Munich startup.&quot; The news sounds plausible, <a href=\"\/en\/9314\/philipp-lahm-acquires-further-startup-investments\/\">After all, Philipp Lahm has already appeared as a startup investor<\/a>The message was launched by the Munich-based startup itself and included a quote from the 2014 World Champion: &quot;I believe in the guys, and the idea of a sports flat rate suits me perfectly as an athlete.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The problem: <strong>It&#039;s all just an April Fool&#039;s joke!<\/strong> The report is false, and so is the alleged quote. Philipp Lahm&#039;s management finds it less funny. Lahm&#039;s advisor <strong>Roman Grill<\/strong> said to Bild:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&quot;This isn&#039;t a joke. In our eyes, it&#039;s a cheap gimmick to use a celebrity to advertise.&quot;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If necessary, Lahm could demand royalties from the startup for advertising with his name.<\/p>\n<h3>Late regret<\/h3>\n<p>The startup expressed its remorse to Bild. A spokesperson told the paper:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t want to upset anyone with the April Fools\u2019 joke and never expected it to cause such a stir.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Then FITrate can only hope that Philipp Lahm will let the failed joke rest \u2014 and that the startup will again <a href=\"\/en\/16570\/fitrate-secures-six-figure-investment\/\">real success stories<\/a> is making a name for itself.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Munich startup FITrate announced on Saturday that Philipp Lahm had invested a seven-figure sum in the company. 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