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Hardcover Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup Book

ISBN: 152473165X

ISBN13: 9781524731656

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The gripping story of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos--one of the biggest corporate frauds in history--a tale of ambition and hubris set amid the bold promises of Silicon Valley, rigorously reported by the prize-winning journalist. With a new Afterword.

"Chilling ... Reads like a thriller ... Carreyrou tells [the Theranos story] virtually to perfection." --The New York Times Book Review

In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the next Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup "unicorn" promised to revolutionize the medical industry with its breakthrough device, which performed the whole range of laboratory tests from a single drop of blood. 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 billion, putting Holmes's worth at an estimated $4.5 billion. There was just one problem: The technology didn't work. Erroneous results put patients in danger, leading to misdiagnoses and unnecessary treatments. All the while, Holmes and her partner, Sunny Balwani, worked to silence anyone who voiced misgivings--from journalists to their own employees.

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Difficult Read

I found the narrative very difficult to follow because it did NOT follow any specific timeline. The story jumps from personality traits, to financial issues, from present day to ancestry, to scientific issues, to regulatory issues, to employee remembrances. Almost impossible to follow the development of the idea or the look of the product. Without viewing internet interviews with Holmes over time the book falls flat of cohesive story telling.

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