John Carreyrou

Bad Blood

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The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of Theranos, the multibillion-dollar biotech startup, by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end, despite pressure from its charismatic CEO and threats by her lawyers.
“Crime thriller authors have nothing on Carreyrou's exquisite sense of suspenseful pacing and multifaceted character development in this riveting, read-in-one-sitting tour de force….Carreyrou's commitment to unraveling Holmes' crimes was literally of life-saving value.” -Booklist

In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup “unicorn” promised to revolutionize the medical industry with a machine that would make blood testing significantly faster and easier. Backed by investors such as Larry Ellison and Tim Draper, Theranos sold shares in a fundraising round that valued the company at more than $9…
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  • Bobby Marleyshared an impression3 years ago
    💡Learnt A Lot
    🎯Worthwhile

    Another great book from Gates’ list. They have made many mistakes, but to me the communation was the key problem.

  • Natalia Ivanikovashared an impression4 years ago
    👍Worth reading
    🚀Unputdownable

    История Theranos - рождения и краха - читается на одном дыхании! Более захватывающая, чем любой детектив! Must-read однозначно!

  • thebookishomeshared an impression5 years ago
    👍Worth reading
    🔮Hidden Depths
    💡Learnt A Lot
    🎯Worthwhile
    💞Loved Up

    Everyone who work in Healthcare sector should read this!!

Quotes

  • Дмитрий Веретьевhas quoted6 years ago
    Justin tried to remind himself that Elizabeth was very young and still had a lot to learn about running a company. In one of their last email exchanges, he recommended two management self-help books to her, The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t and Beyond Bullsh*t: Straight-Talk at Work, and included their links on Amazon.com.
    He quit two days later. His resignation email read in part:
    good luck and please do read those books, watch The Office, and believe in the people who disagree with you…Lying is a disgusting habit, and it flows through the conversations here like it’s our own currency. The cultural disease here is what we should be curing before we try to tackle obesity…I mean no ill will towards you, since you believe in what I was doing and hoped I would succeed at Theranos. I feel like I owe you this bad attempt at an exit interview since we have no HR to officially record it.
  • Semahas quoted2 years ago
    Holmes channeled this fake-it-until-you-make-it culture, and she went to extreme lengths to hide the fakery
  • Semahas quoted2 years ago
    Rather than take the fall herself, she sacrificed her boyfriend. She broke up with him and fired him

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