Bad Blood - Wyrms.de

Paperback, 341 pages

English, Deutsch language

Published Jan. 8, 2020 by Vintage Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-525-43199-2
OCLC Number:: 1059317847

(1 review)

In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the next Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup "unicorn" promised to revolutionize the medical industry with its breakthrough device, which performed the whole range of laboratory tests from a single drop of blood. Backed by investors such as Larry Ellison and Tim Draper, Theranos sold shares in a fundraising round that valued the company at more than $9 billion, putting Holmes's worth at an estimated $4.5 billion. There was just one problem: The technology didn't work. Erroneous results put patients in danger, leading to misdiagnoses and unnecessary treatments. All the while, Holmes and her partner, Sunny Balwani, worked to silence anyone who voiced misgivings—from journalists to their own employees.

Rigorously reported and fearlessly written, Bad Blood is a gripping story of the biggest corporate fraud since Enron—a tale of ambition and hubris set amid the bold …

In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the next Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup "unicorn" promised to revolutionize the medical industry with its breakthrough device, which performed the whole range of laboratory tests from a single drop of blood. Backed by investors such as Larry Ellison and Tim Draper, Theranos sold shares in a fundraising round that valued the company at more than $9 billion, putting Holmes's worth at an estimated $4.5 billion. There was just one problem: The technology didn't work. Erroneous results put patients in danger, leading to misdiagnoses and unnecessary treatments. All the while, Holmes and her partner, Sunny Balwani, worked to silence anyone who voiced misgivings—from journalists to their own employees.

Rigorously reported and fearlessly written, Bad Blood is a gripping story of the biggest corporate fraud since Enron—a tale of ambition and hubris set amid the bold promises of Silicon Valley.

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Xylocarpis reviewed Bad Blood by John Carreyrou

Rasant wird es erst zum Schluss

3 stars

Carreyrou lässt sich mit dem Aufbau der Story viel Zeit. Nachdem man zahlreiche Kapitel mit dem immer gleichen Aufbau (Person fängt voller Hoffnung bei Theranos an, findet es irgendwann seltsam/gefährlich und kündigt oder wird gefeuert) durchforstet hat, geht es erst im letzten Drittel richtig los: Der Autor erzählt wie er auf die Geschichte gestoßen wurde und was so alles passiert ist während seiner investigativen Untersuchungen.

Das letzte Drittel haut das Buch noch mal ins klar Positive, aber bis dahin muss man sich erst vorarbeiten.

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