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Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes allegedly looking to start another company

• lisper 8y ago
  “Look what she did, she created an amazing opportunity,” Draper told CNBC. “... I am thrilled with what she’s done.” P.T. Barnum was right. :-(
• merricksb 8y ago
  This is a based on a Vanity Fair interview (discussed here [1]) with the author of the new Theranos book, which in turn was discussed here [2]. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17269314 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17269314 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17252311 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17252311
• partycoder 8y ago
  She should try politics, were defrauding your stakeholders (voters) is legal.
  • grosjona 8y ago
    She should start a PR/consulting firm which helps CEOs and executives get away with lies for as long as possible and then helps them to rebuild their career when it all goes belly up.
• javajosh 8y ago
  Hey, maybe she can partner with Martin Shkreli on something!
  • gremlinsinc 8y ago
    If that fails, there's always Bernie Madoff or Martha Stewart.
• lileeyao 8y ago
  She and Doug Evans can make perfect partners, both of them were compared with Steve Jobs in their own market.