Bad Blood
Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
John Carreyrou
In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the next Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup "unicorn" promised to revolutionize the medical industry with its breakthrough device, which performed the whole range of laboratory tests from a single drop of blood. Backed by investors such as Larry Ellison and Ti...
Publish Date
2020-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
2020-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
First Published in 2018
Goodreads rating
4.39
ISBN
9780525431992
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Recommendations
14
Recommendations
2018-08-20T00:00:00.000Z
I don’t read a lot of page turners. I often find myself unable to put a book down—but they’re not the kinds of books that would keep most people glued to their chairs. Still, I recently found myself reading a book so compelling that I couldn’t turn away. – source2018-06-28T15:43:50.000Z
Bad Blood by @JohnCarreyrou is an incredible book that should be read by each and every player in the startup/Silicon Valley ecosystem. – source2018-07-22T07:58:59.000Z
The book “Bad Blood”, about the Theranos fraud, is an indictment not just of Holmes and her co-conspirators, but Silicon Valley culture as a whole. All its worst stereotypes and tendencies animated by dislikable characters. Recommended reading! – source2018-10-01T01:44:05.000Z
Fantastic book. Well, I just finished the audiobook -- it was riveting -- I knew Theranos was a massive scam, but I didn't know just how dangerous, vengeful, and nefarious the whole con was. – source2018-06-09T01:24:27.000Z
Is Elizabeth Holmes a Sociopath? @JohnCarreyrou sits down with VF to talk about his incredible book, and to explain how Holmes is currently trying to raise money for a new startup! – source2018-07-03T14:20:22.000Z
Finished “bad blood” on the Theranos scandal. Wow. Just wow. It’s a must read for everyone in tech and startups. Just 1-click buy it :) Amazing how far charisma and social proof got them. Here’s the NYT review of the book – source2018-05-26T15:58:06.000Z
1st book of Summer by @JohnCarreyrou
Fast read, a very interesting narrative including a collection of people who were either good guys or bad guys in ways that was very unexpected.
Strong recommendation 👍🏻 – source2018-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/258605?sort=rating&view=reviews2018-12-31T22:06:16.000Z
Amazing books about human nature. Thanks to @bradleyhope @TomWrightAsia @JohnCarreyrou – source2018-06-21T11:56:55.000Z
I recently finished Bad Blood (the Theranos book): it was the fastest I ever finished an audiobook over 10 hours long. Seriously could not stop listening. – source2018-12-16T09:43:54.000Z
Bad Blood - Book review
Bad Blood is not a book about a wildly failed, scandalously weird startup! It is the story about the Human Mind - of Greed, Ego, Vanity, Craziness and the unstoppable lust for power & money.
Must read!!! Check pic for my detailed review... – source2018-06-22T13:46:47.000Z
BAD BLOOD by @JohnCarreyrou is the best book I’ve read all year - it reads like a thriller, and if it was fiction you wouldn’t believe it.
Now I need to get a Theranos Edison or Minilab device for my museum - if anyone knows where I can find one, please let me know. – source2018-06-23T04:51:05.000Z
Bad Blood by @JohnCarreyrou is an amazing book. Reminds me of the Feynman quote: "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled." Sometimes it just takes a while for reality to win... – source