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> She has deceived investors Maybe the investors deceived themselves. If I was investing millions of bucks in a startup run by a 19 year old I'd be doing a lar
by chadcmulligan 8y ago
> She has deceived investors
Maybe the investors deceived themselves. If I was investing millions of bucks in a startup run by a 19 year old I'd be doing a large amount of investigation. Doesn't seem like anyone did
- Fnoord 8y agoHow many investors did not invest after they investigated? We'll never know. Theranos HR and legal dept. were fierce against any whistleblowers. One person even committed suicide because of the involved stress.
- chadcmulligan 8y agoI had not heard that - very distressing
- Fnoord 8y agoI read about it in Bad Blood, it was perhaps the most disturbing fact from the book. Especially given the suicide was in direct consequence of Theranos' scam, and also because I lost my uncle to suicide related to his work (which I suspect was related to ethics). There is a Wikipedia page devoted to the late Ian Gibbons [1] (I didn't verify the content of the entry though). I can highly recommend the book Bad Blood. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Gibbons_(biochemist) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Gibbons_(biochemist)