The Rise and Fall of Elizabeth Holmes
►https://www.npr.org/podcasts/452538775/on-the-media
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In 2014, Fortune magazine ran a cover story featuring Elizabeth Holmes: a blonde woman wearing a black turtleneck, staring deadpan at the camera, with the headline “This CEO’s out for blood.” A decade earlier, Holmes had founded Theranos, a company promising to “revolutionize” the blood testing industry(...). It promised easier, cheaper, more accessible lab tests — and a revolutionized healthcare experience. (...)
A good summary of the Theranos saga
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