https://paapereira.xyz/book-authors/john-carreyrou/Recent content in Book Authors/John Carreyrou on paapereira.xyzHugoen-US<a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>©</a> 2008-2026 / <a href='https://gitlab.com/paapereira/paapereira.gitlab.io' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>source code</a>Sun, 27 Jan 2019 18:15:00 +0000https://paapereira.xyz/books/bad-blood/Sun, 27 Jan 2019 18:15:00 +0000https://paapereira.xyz/books/bad-blood/<h3 id="bad-blood-secrets-and-lies-in-a-silicon-valley-startup-by-john-carreyrou-2018">Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou (2018)</h3> <p><img src="https://paapereira.xyz/reads/bad-blood.jpg" alt="cover"></p> <ul> <li>Author: <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-authors/john-carreyrou">John Carreyrou</a></li> <li>First Published: <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-publication-year/2018">May 21st 2018</a></li> <li>Score: <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-scores/7/10-books">7/10</a></li> </ul> <blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40217960-bad-blood">Goodreads</a></p> <p>The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of a multibillion-dollar startup, by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end in the face of pressure and threats from the CEO and her lawyers.</p> <p>In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup &ldquo;unicorn&rdquo; promised to revolutionize the medical industry with a machine that would make blood tests 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 $9 billion, putting Holmes&rsquo;s worth at an estimated $4.7 billion. There was just one problem: The technology didn&rsquo;t work.</p>