Bad Blood, by John Carreyrou - the hard-to-believe but afaik completely true story of the rise and fall of Theranos - a company poised to completely revolutionize blood testing, with only one problem - they had none of the technological capability they claimed they did. The whole thing was incredible and amazing. Truth really is stranger than fiction sometimes.
I read this book a few years ago. And it was impossible for me to put down. Something about knowing it was real and still survived for as long as it did was shocking.
I've been going down the "cons" rabbit hole lately (mostly with podcasts), and it surprises me how long it takes for some of the simple scams to really get people in trouble.
One of the (many) amazing things is how she fired the CFO... in like 2011. Even back then, she was straight-up lying and doctoring numbers, and the CFO questioned it. She said he "wasn't a team player" and asked him to leave.
This is the official story - bright young white woman ousmarting bunch of old crusty white men. If Elizabeth Holmes suddenly discovered she is person of color, she would be the perfect heroine for our time.
For more tinfoil hatty take on this event, check this.
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Bad Blood, by John Carreyrou - the hard-to-believe but afaik completely true story of the rise and fall of Theranos - a company poised to completely revolutionize blood testing, with only one problem - they had none of the technological capability they claimed they did. The whole thing was incredible and amazing. Truth really is stranger than fiction sometimes.
I read this book a few years ago. And it was impossible for me to put down. Something about knowing it was real and still survived for as long as it did was shocking.
I've been going down the "cons" rabbit hole lately (mostly with podcasts), and it surprises me how long it takes for some of the simple scams to really get people in trouble.
One of the (many) amazing things is how she fired the CFO... in like 2011. Even back then, she was straight-up lying and doctoring numbers, and the CFO questioned it. She said he "wasn't a team player" and asked him to leave.
Now he proudly puts Theranos on his resume hahaha
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This is the official story - bright young white woman ousmarting bunch of old crusty white men. If Elizabeth Holmes suddenly discovered she is person of color, she would be the perfect heroine for our time.
For more tinfoil hatty take on this event, check this.
https://thenakedhedgie.com/2021/10/02/the-theranos-scandal-the-real-story-1-3/
https://mmabeuf.medium.com/reconsidering-some-things-i-wrote-about-theranos-last-year-cb9f32b833df
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