At the heart of many companies is often a founder who wields the reality distortion field. As a tool for smashing organizational roadblocks, as Steve Jobs did,

At the heart of many companies is often a founder who wields the reality distortion field. As a tool for smashing organizational roadblocks, as Steve Jobs did, this can work wonders. Things that seemed only potentially possible can become real. Theranos probably falls into this category too. If they had kept going, made breakthroughs, addressed the toxic culture, not been uncovered by investigative journalists while at a vulnerable stage - perhaps they would have made it. Perhaps Elizabeth Holmes still genuinely believes that all she needs is more time, money and followers for her to prove the nay-sayers wrong.