Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

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Synopsis

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.

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 billion, putting Holmes's worth at an estimated $4.7 billion.

There was just one problem: The technology didn't work.

A riveting story of the biggest corporate fraud since Enron, a tale of ambition and hubris set amid the bold promises of Silicon Valley.

A New York Times Bestseller

Copyright:
2018

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9781524731663
Related ISBNs:
9781524731656
Publisher:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
John Carreyrou
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Science, Business and Finance, Technology, Medicine
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.

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