Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup - John Carreyrou - ★★★★.½
AUTHOR: John Carreyrou GENRE: Investigative nonfiction, True Crime RATING: 4.5 stars. Imagine this. Right since childhood, you have had this burning desire to become a billionaire. You have your marketing plan ready, you have your investments ready, you have the external showy infrastructure ready, you have your personal PR portfolio ready,... The only thing not ready is the most crucial necessity: the product itself. What do you do then? Fake it till you make it. That's what Elizabeth Holmes did with Theranos. This book reveals the bloodthirsty (pun intended) ambition of Elizabeth Holmes, the young founder of Theranos, a healthcare corporation established in 2003 and so grandiose in its plans and marketing aggression that its peak valuation was about $10 billion in 2013 and 2014. Holmes named Theranos combining the words “therapy” and “diagnosis". Having a wealthy and reputed family helped her get the seed investments as well as the credibility, in spite of being a college dr