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_aCarreyrou, John _99054 |
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_aBad blood: _bsecrets and lies in a silicon valley startup |
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_bPicadorĀ _aLondon _c2018 |
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_aINR _b650.00 |
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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 | ||
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_aHematologic equipment industry _99783 |
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_aSecurities fraud _95807 |
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