Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

It’s a story about ambition, power, and the limited power of the truth to eek out a win against powerful interests.

Some criticize this story because it unfairly picks on a woman when men are doing the same thing. It’s a reasonable instinct but misplaced here. Scale of this too big and relationship to healthcare makes it different. How so? Two hundred thousand patients were told by their doctors to get a blood test and then Theranos gave them i...read more

I’m not that interested in Theranos specifically, but what is interesting about this book is all the patterns of corruption that I’ve seen before in numerous places: bullying people through numerous expensive bogus law suits, wanting employees to be loyal instead of highly qualified (which often includes nepotism), toxic work environments, numerous firings: especially when people are fired for questioning appropriate work practices, lying or loos...read more

Absolutely loved this book - perhaps one of my favourite book club reads. I found the story riveting, Holmes infuriating, but mostly found myself ranting at the (mostly elderly, male) Directors who did so little due diligence and seemed to be willing to overlook blatant fraud when dazzled by the charm of a pretty, white woman. This book took me down a rabbit-hole of reading about the case, and I've since read a number of other books about H...read more

This was pretty good but I still stand by my point that I don't really care about rich f***s doing rich f*** things.

The amount of sociopathic audacity of Ms. Holmes has made me so mad. The secrets and lies exposed in this book are only the tip of the iceberg and is a small sign of what's wrong with capitalistic rich folks. The sad part is the idea of what she'd hope to accomplish would be great and could be if she used the money she raised towards the science.