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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Elizabeth Holmes envisioned a brilliant machine that could revolutionize medical diagnostics for everyone everywhere.
Chapter 3: There was one major problem: the machines proved nearly impossible to build.
Chapter 4: Holmes persisted, using her charm and charisma to press forward with her plan.
Chapter 5: Theranos concealed the Edison’s defects to win over many prospective investors.
Chapter 6: The company systematically falsified data to sustain its ongoing subterfuge.
Chapter 7: Theranos took extraordinary measures to evade FDA inspections while publicly posing as staunch pro-FDA advocates.
Chapter 8: The company guarded its secrets by firing dissenters and hiring drones.
Description
Bad Blood (2018) is the harrowing inside story of a how a tech start-up rooted in Silicon Valley’s fake-it-till-you-make-it culture risked the lives of millions with a blood-testing device that proved too good to be true. Written by Pulitzer-winning journalist John Carreyrou, who broke the story and pursued it to its end, this is the account of Theranos and its wunderkind CEO Elizabeth Holmes’ meteoric rise and epic fall from grace.
Who Should Listen
- Anyone working in a start-up
- Fans of true stories that you just can’t make up
- Professionals in the medical industry