Cant wait to see this. She’s terrifying and Fielder is imho the perfect foil to interview her.
Its weird cuz she just ripped off a bunch of rich people, I dont really have any reason to hate her really but she’s sort of emblematic of what is problematic of startup and tech culture and in a sense identify culture where being the first ___ founder/CEO or one of few ____ founders/CEOs/whatever is part of the pitch.
In a better world it would never have entered the equation much less overshadowed the actual lack of viable product/IP. How did no blood scientist/dr/expert not easily point out their premise was fatally flawed in a way that doomed the whole exercise, both internally and publicly?
There were some after the fact and it was exposed who were casually like "ya, the blood available from a pinprick to the finger doesnt suffice for the grand vision Theranos was sold as and predicated upon
I remember one former employee posted on reddit without naming the company, saying everything they were claiming was bs. A little later the scandal blew up and it was confirmed the guy worked for Theranos.
Under Trump’s FDA, she could just make a “donation” and it would be approved. Don’t kid yourself that these institutions are— or ever were —sacrosanct.
I’m not sure what they were doing needed FDA approval since it was a blood test and not something that actually goes into or touches a patient. Though I’m not expert on medical regulations so thats just a guess.
They were using an actual proper machine made by a competitor i thought? Like wasnt their flagship Edison thingy just a competing actually developed medical device?
The most depressing thing about this entire ordeal is that the woman stole lots of money, got busted because that money belonged to rich people, and is now after having been convicted and literally been to prison as far as i know, able to cash in on that further. Lets make a movie about that wonderful successful scammer.
I think there’s a law in the states that criminals can’t profit from the story of their crime. If I remember correctly, the money that would have gone to the criminal goes to restitution for the victims.
Cant wait to see this. She’s terrifying and Fielder is imho the perfect foil to interview her.
Its weird cuz she just ripped off a bunch of rich people, I dont really have any reason to hate her really but she’s sort of emblematic of what is problematic of startup and tech culture and in a sense identify culture where being the first ___ founder/CEO or one of few ____ founders/CEOs/whatever is part of the pitch.
In a better world it would never have entered the equation much less overshadowed the actual lack of viable product/IP. How did no blood scientist/dr/expert not easily point out their premise was fatally flawed in a way that doomed the whole exercise, both internally and publicly?
There were some after the fact and it was exposed who were casually like "ya, the blood available from a pinprick to the finger doesnt suffice for the grand vision Theranos was sold as and predicated upon
They did. Every expert out there pointed out it’s impossible.
I remember one former employee posted on reddit without naming the company, saying everything they were claiming was bs. A little later the scandal blew up and it was confirmed the guy worked for Theranos.
Her company was sinking its teeth into the medical field though. That could’ve killed people if they weren’t found out soon enough.
How was it gonna get FDA-approved tho? Im sure its happened before in the past but i wonder what the plan was for that
Under Trump’s FDA, she could just make a “donation” and it would be approved. Don’t kid yourself that these institutions are— or ever were —sacrosanct.
I’m not sure what they were doing needed FDA approval since it was a blood test and not something that actually goes into or touches a patient. Though I’m not expert on medical regulations so thats just a guess.
They likely did kill people who were using it and would otherwise have consulted with a doctor.
They were using an actual proper machine made by a competitor i thought? Like wasnt their flagship Edison thingy just a competing actually developed medical device?
I mean they’re killing enough people on their own
The most depressing thing about this entire ordeal is that the woman stole lots of money, got busted because that money belonged to rich people, and is now after having been convicted and literally been to prison as far as i know, able to cash in on that further. Lets make a movie about that wonderful successful scammer.
I think there’s a law in the states that criminals can’t profit from the story of their crime. If I remember correctly, the money that would have gone to the criminal goes to restitution for the victims.