#166: Theranos: When Blood Testing Goes Bad

 

It was a revolutionary idea: being able to conduct fast, cheap, and effective blood tests with only a tiny drop of blood.

But it turned out that the company behind it was one, huge fraud. 

This is the fascinating story of how a Stanford dropout went from the youngest self-made female billionaire in history to facing 20 years in prison.

• Background of Elizabeth Holmes
• Problem with blood testing
• Dropping out of Stanford
• Telling a fantastic story
• The atmosphere inside Theranos
• Was there any technology really being developed?
• Attracting influential investors and board members
• Too much pressure for scientists within the company
• The public launch of Theranos
• Becoming the youngest self-made female billionaire in history
• Idolising Steve Jobs
• The arrival of John Carreyrou
• Things starting to unravel for Theranos
• Dropping to zero
• Elizabeth Holmes today
• Reflecting on what went wrong

Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/theranos

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