4.5
Ekonomi & Business
A New York Times besteller.
Winner of the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2018.
The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of Theranos, the multibillion-dollar biotech startup founded by Elizabeth Holmes, by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end, despite pressure from its charismatic CEO and threats by her lawyers.
In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup "unicorn" promised to revolutionize the medical industry with a machine that would make blood testing significantly faster and easier. Backed by investors such as Larry Ellison and Tim Draper, Theranos sold shares in a fundraising round that valued the company at more than $9 billion, putting Holmes's worth at an estimated $4.7 billion. There was just one problem: The technology didn't work.
In Bad Blood, John Carreyrou tells the riveting story of the biggest corporate fraud since Enron, a tale of ambition and hubris set amid the bold promises of Silicon Valley.
Now a film, starring Jennifer Lawrence.
'Chilling . . . Reads like a West Coast version of All the President’s Men.' – New York Times Book Review
© 2018 Macmillan Digital Audio (Ljudbok): 9781509868100
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 31 maj 2018
4.5
Ekonomi & Business
A New York Times besteller.
Winner of the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2018.
The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of Theranos, the multibillion-dollar biotech startup founded by Elizabeth Holmes, by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end, despite pressure from its charismatic CEO and threats by her lawyers.
In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup "unicorn" promised to revolutionize the medical industry with a machine that would make blood testing significantly faster and easier. Backed by investors such as Larry Ellison and Tim Draper, Theranos sold shares in a fundraising round that valued the company at more than $9 billion, putting Holmes's worth at an estimated $4.7 billion. There was just one problem: The technology didn't work.
In Bad Blood, John Carreyrou tells the riveting story of the biggest corporate fraud since Enron, a tale of ambition and hubris set amid the bold promises of Silicon Valley.
Now a film, starring Jennifer Lawrence.
'Chilling . . . Reads like a West Coast version of All the President’s Men.' – New York Times Book Review
© 2018 Macmillan Digital Audio (Ljudbok): 9781509868100
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 31 maj 2018
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Richmond
19 maj 2022
Good book on the history of Theranos, its founder and its inner workings. Also interesting to know the personalities and detailed issues with the company.Good audio.
Jan
1 mars 2023
Deze journalist verstaat zijn vak. Hij bespeurt onraad en stopt niet voordat hij de waarheid aan het licht gebracht heeft. Het verhaal van een start-up die meer beloofde dan ze kon waarmaken en in dat proces alle ethische grenzen overschreed. Ongelooflijk maar waargebeurd.
Aaro
24 maj 2021
Hyvä lukija, mukaansatempaava tarina.
Fabian
23 maj 2020
En väldigt bra och ögonöppnande bok. Gillar att variera facklitteratur med självbiografier men denna fungerade även väldigt bra som detta. Den är verkligen skriven på ett sätt som gör att man vill läsa mer och förstå vad som händer här näst i kapitlet av detta dårhus till bolag men ändå en så inspirerande drivkraft efter en tydlig vision.
Srijit
27 feb. 2020
Mind blowing...
Axel
26 juli 2020
Spännande och innehållsrik berättelse om en av USA:s största företagsskandaler. Väl värt din tid.
null
22 maj 2020
Loved it. One of the scariest things happened in silicon valley
Megan
8 okt. 2020
Excellent book, showing the lengthy saga of a startup that had problems from the very beginning. Of a founder that could have had so much, except she let herself cut corners on her road to fame in a field where cutting corners puts people at risk. It is a cautionary tale to all of us out there too, that to achieve our dreams we shouldn't need to do it at all costs, regardless of the damage left in our wake.
Olmo
10 jan. 2022
Expect a list of everything Theranos has done that lead to its demise. Do not expect an analysis of the persona of Elizabeth Holmes nor of the investment context in which this was allowed to happen.
Martha
28 nov. 2020
Definitely a page-turner. I highly recommend!
Helhetsbetyg baserat på 2092 betyg
Häpnadsväckande
Informativ
Bladvändare
Ladda ner appen för att vara med i snacket och lämna recensioner.
Visar 10 av 2092
Richmond
19 maj 2022
Good book on the history of Theranos, its founder and its inner workings. Also interesting to know the personalities and detailed issues with the company.Good audio.
Jan
1 mars 2023
Deze journalist verstaat zijn vak. Hij bespeurt onraad en stopt niet voordat hij de waarheid aan het licht gebracht heeft. Het verhaal van een start-up die meer beloofde dan ze kon waarmaken en in dat proces alle ethische grenzen overschreed. Ongelooflijk maar waargebeurd.
Aaro
24 maj 2021
Hyvä lukija, mukaansatempaava tarina.
Fabian
23 maj 2020
En väldigt bra och ögonöppnande bok. Gillar att variera facklitteratur med självbiografier men denna fungerade även väldigt bra som detta. Den är verkligen skriven på ett sätt som gör att man vill läsa mer och förstå vad som händer här näst i kapitlet av detta dårhus till bolag men ändå en så inspirerande drivkraft efter en tydlig vision.
Srijit
27 feb. 2020
Mind blowing...
Axel
26 juli 2020
Spännande och innehållsrik berättelse om en av USA:s största företagsskandaler. Väl värt din tid.
null
22 maj 2020
Loved it. One of the scariest things happened in silicon valley
Megan
8 okt. 2020
Excellent book, showing the lengthy saga of a startup that had problems from the very beginning. Of a founder that could have had so much, except she let herself cut corners on her road to fame in a field where cutting corners puts people at risk. It is a cautionary tale to all of us out there too, that to achieve our dreams we shouldn't need to do it at all costs, regardless of the damage left in our wake.
Olmo
10 jan. 2022
Expect a list of everything Theranos has done that lead to its demise. Do not expect an analysis of the persona of Elizabeth Holmes nor of the investment context in which this was allowed to happen.
Martha
28 nov. 2020
Definitely a page-turner. I highly recommend!
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