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Special Edition: Theranos & Elizabeth Holmes
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We have brought her up before...Elizabeth Holmes...and we have a lot to say about:
Theranos
For those who don't know, Theranos was a billion dollar company with a mission to make blood testing accessible to all using...get this...only a few drops of blood from your finger tip. Sounds super cool and legit! WRONG! It was all a scam. Theranos never truly had a machine that worked, not even a little. (Okay...they supposedly could test a rare strain of herpes, but did they?) This went on for over a decade. Elizabeth Holmes could have been an incredible leader and role model for women and girls everywhere. Instead, she mislead investors, employees, and the worst part...patients...that she was changing the world.
It's a dumpster fire of medical fraud!
Listen as we point out the parallels to Fyre Festival, cults, narcissism, and toxic environments. It is all there.
Here are the sources used:
The Dropout Podcast: https://abcaudio.com/podcasts/the-dropout/
The Dropout Hulu series: https://www.hulu.com/series/the-dropout-13988f84-f1c8-40dd-a73c-4e71ab4bbe63
The Wall Street Journal article by John Carreyrou: https://www.wsj.com/articles/theranos-has-struggled-with-blood-tests-1444881901
Bad Blood by John Carreyrou: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/549478/bad-blood-by-john-carreyrou/
American Greed (Season 15 Ep 2): https://www.cnbc.com/live-tv/american-greed/full-episode/theranos-ceo-on-trial/1992069187839
Elizabeth Holmes (Wikepedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Holmes
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Both are Grammy nominated artists, please check out their music here:
http://www.marcelcamargo.com/385194ztbi4uegaj53ypbd2m0w98sg https://www.instagram.com/marcelcamargomusic/
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