It started off with Elizabeth Holmes being childhood friends with Tim Draper's daughter: Timothy Draper, the well-known venture capitalist, had been a

It started off with Elizabeth Holmes being childhood friends with Tim Draper's daughter: Timothy Draper, the well-known venture capitalist, had been a neighbor when the Holmeses lived in California. The children played together. “I gave her her first million bucks to get the business going,” Mr. Draper says. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/20/business/theranos-founder-faces-a-test-of-technology-and-reputation.html http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/20/business/theranos-founder-... And it doesn't hurt that her family is ridiculously well connected, or that Holmes is obviously an incredibly intelligent person...It just seems like the technology simply didn't pan out, and she was never able to say '¯\_(ツ)_/¯ sorry guys, no dice.'