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It seems her family connections had a major role in convincing people to go on board. In retrospect , her public appearances, including the turtlenecks, the dee
by buboard 8y ago
It seems her family connections had a major role in convincing people to go on board. In retrospect , her public appearances, including the turtlenecks, the deeper-voice-training, her public talks where she pitches the 10000 hours bs, should have rang a few bells about not only her intelligence, but about her sanity. Makes one also wonder what was the quality of the engineers she employed. The one who eventually spoke out was the nephew of one of the investors, i.e. someone who could afford to do so (and who presumably cared about his uncle).
- wil421 8y agoI read the grandson was originally scolded and blackballed by his grandfather. Including surprise visits by Theranos lawyers at his grandfathers. Only after his claims were corroborated by others the family reversed course. Power and connections, get the right people to buy in and you can do almost anything. >In the past year and a half, the grandson and grandfather have rarely spoken or seen one another, communicating mainly through lawyers, says Tyler Shultz. >Mr. Shultz says lawyers from the law firm founded by David Boies, one of the country’s best-known litigators and who later became a Theranos director, surprised him during a visit to his grandfather’s house. They unsuccessfully pressured the younger Mr. Shultz to say he had talked to the reporter and to reveal who the Journal’s other sources might be. He says he also was followed by private investigators hired by Theranos. [1]https://www.wsj.com/articles/theranos-whistleblower-shook-the-companyand-his-family-1479335963 https://www.wsj.com/articles/theranos-whistleblower-shook-th...