Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou | Published May 21st 2018 by Knopf Publishing Group| 352 Pages | Goodreads
✅ PUBLISHER’S DESCRIPTION
“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”
✅ REVIEW
A captivating, interesting, and (almost) unbelievable story. I had heard of Therano’s downfall in the news, but the way this author investigated and narrated the events was absolutely remarkable.
The book details the rise and fall of Theranos, a Silicon-Valley company that aimed to provide fast, blood test results with a single drop of blood. Elizabeth Holmes was the founder and CEO, her goal was to revolutionize the healthcare industry and, at some point, she was compared to the likes of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates.
What very few knew is that the company devices did not work properly and her claims were, mostly, misleading and false. A gripping story.
I loved this book, the author did an excellent job detailing the events. I highly recommend it.
✅ BOOK SOURCE AND FORMAT
Loan from Miami-Dade’s Overdrive Library, Audiobook
Now that I’ve read your review (great, by the way!), I remember the story about her. Not sure where I saw it, but it is one of those stories that stays with you. It’s hard to imagine how she could have gotten away with this kind of deception. How was she not found out earlier? I’ve already added this to my TBR!
This is a really interesting book, I think it’ll become a popular case study in business schools
Oh wow – this sounds so terrific. I followed this in the news, of course, but this would make a terrific read!
This was a great read! I highly recommend it!