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020 _a9781509868087
082 _a338.7681761
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100 _aCarreyrou, John
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245 _aBad blood:
_bsecrets and lies in a silicon valley startup
260 _bPicadorĀ 
_aLondon
_c2018
300 _axii, 339 p.
365 _aINR
_b650.00
520 _aIn 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 billion, putting Holmes's worth at an estimated $4.7 billion. There was just one problem: The technology didn't work. In Bad Blood, John Carreyrou tells the riveting story of the biggest corporate fraud since Enron, a tale of ambition and hubris set amid the bold promises of Silicon Valley
650 _aHematologic equipment industry
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650 _aSecurities fraud
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