Maybe those extra chemical engineering classes would have helped

Who's here after seeing the trailer for Nathan Fielder's new documentary?

no one:
Elizabeth Holmes:
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As a medical student, this story is so upsetting to me. In the medical field, we always joke about how investigations for a patient with vague symptoms is “bloods, bloods and more bloods”. But beneath that joke is the undeniable fact that accurate blood test results are vital for medical professionals to guide clinical decision making and provide management plans for patients. Theranos was lying to patients and doctors and putting patients’ lives at risk.

"Obsessed with Steve Jobs" should have been the first red flag.

So at 19 she claimed to have invented technology that she didn’t have and no one ever checked her? They just blindly believed her?

What if her 2 very last classes were titled "Why it's scientifically impossible to test a drop of blood for 250 diseases." And "Ethics."

It's just so hard to imagine that an investor would hand over 100M, without hiring some expert for like 50K to go spend a week or 2 investigating/researching the company to check if they actually had a working product and business model.

This is like the Fyre festival of healthcare

Expectation: "Theranos is the Apple of healthcare".
Reality: "Theranos is the Fyre Festival of healthcare"

She sounds like she's her own witness protection program

Bill looked all excited thinking about her being 19.

"you swear to tell the truth"
fake voice "i do"

“I was at the point where a few more chemical engineering classes wasn’t necessary for what I wanted to do.”.......  apparently they were honey

Tyler Schulz is my hero. He used his privilege in the best way one can.

I have to give my PCP a lot of credit.  I asked him about Theranos a decade ago when Holmes was making big headlines.  He laughed and said they're faking it and it would never work.  He was spot on accurate.

The only reason Schultz didn't believe his grandson is because he had so much money invested in this product already.
Money will make you turn against your own blood.

I’m mostly amazed that Walgreens cut the deal without having any medical proof.

The fact she became a billionaire without doing anything real is actually hilarious and shows these institutional investors are not as smart as we think lol

The reply email sent by Holmes says it all.
When a narcissist is caught they get outraged. No guilt, no shame.
They will even attack the person that exposed them.