No, Theranos started to fail as soon as anyone with real medical expertise without a stake in the company started to probe it. Theranos was extremely successfu

No, Theranos started to fail as soon as anyone with real medical expertise without a stake in the company started to probe it. Theranos was extremely successful at fleecing VCs and embarrassing political board members. It's a good thing that it got so far, because it proves just how bad VCs are at evaluating successful companies and how much of the funding game is who you know.