BONUS Episode: Elizabeth Holmes and the Rise and Fall of Theranos: Book Insights on Bad Blood by John Carreyrou
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摘要
*Bad Blood tells the compelling story of Theranos, the biotech start-up dreamed up by Elizabeth Holmes with ambitions to revolutionize blood testing and diagnosis.
*Despite drumming up millions of dollars in investment from high-profile figures such as Rupert Murdoch and Tim Draper, fostering strong links with the Clintons and wooing the press, the company was built on a lie.
*The technology simply didn’t work, and Holmes had everyone fooled. Wall Street journalist John Carreyrou broke the story, and the bubble. H
*is unputdownable account is based on interviews with over 60 former employees and reveals the incredible extent of the Theranos deception - the biggest corporate fraud since Enron.
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Theme 2: Pride - 9:40
Theme 3: Sociopath - 19:50
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HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAYS' EPISODE HERE:
Area, KPIX CBS SF Bay. “Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes Charged with Criminal Fraud.” YouTube, YouTube, 15 June 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWhV_EjKrKU.
CBS This Morning. “Youngest Self-Made Female Billionaire Takes High-Tech Approach to Blood Testing.” YouTube, YouTube, 16 Apr. 2015, www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiNFXcI9Rb8.
CBS This Morning. “‘60 Minutes’ Speaks with the Theranos Whistleblower.” YouTube, YouTube, 18 May 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk5Q6cTJ2yY.
CNBC. “Bad Blood Author Carreyrou On Elizabeth Holmes And Theranos.” YouTube, YouTube, 23 Aug. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv0PyGfxbpw.
CNBC. “Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes: Firing Back At Doubters | Mad Money | CNBC.” YouTube, YouTube, 16 Oct. 2015, www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGfaJZAdfNE.
Glamour Magazine. “Elizabeth Holmes on Revolutionizing Blood Tests.” YouTube, YouTube, 9 Nov. 2015, www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8dT7EoX5iY.
Healthills. “Better Blood Test Experience - Theranos.” YouTube, YouTube, 1 Oct. 2015, www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9eBFKXkKk4.
Technology, Bloomberg. “How a Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Exposed the Lies of Theranos.” YouTube, YouTube, 8 June 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=56XC5So5IH0.
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Full Title: Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
Year of Publication: 2018
Book Author: John Carreyrou
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