Oh my. I do love a good piling on. Nick Bilton from Vanity Fair deconstructed Elizabeth Homes, put her back together, and then hammered her into 10,000 pieces in this scathing review of the once love Theranos.
As you recall, John Carreyrou from the WSJ first broke the story, exposing Theranos for the fraud it was. According to this Vanity Fair report, the employees of Theranos had some choice words for Mr. Carreyrou.
A company-wide e-mail instructed technicians in lab coats, programmers in T-shirts and jeans, and a slew of support staff to meet in the cafeteria. There, Holmes, with Balwani at her side, began an eloquent speech in her typical baritone, explaining to her loyal colleagues that they were changing the world. As she continued, Holmes grew more impassioned. The Journal, she said, had gotten the story wrong. Carreyrou, she insisted, with a tinge of fury, was simply picking a fight. She handed the stage to Balwani, who echoed her sentiments.
After he wrapped up, the leaders of Theranos stood before their employees and surveyed the room. Then a chant erupted. “Fuck you . . .,” employees began yelling in unison, “Carreyrou.” It began to grow louder still. “Fuck you, Carreyrou!” Soon men and women in lab coats, and programmers in T-shirts and jeans, joined in. They were chanting with fervor: “Fuck you, Carreyrou!,” they cried out. “Fuck you, Carreyrou! Fuck. You. Carrey-rou!”
Fucking idiots.
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A prison sentence for Ms. Holmes seems most appropriate.
from a billion net worth to nothing and prison….i’m guessing she didn’t mail in her Clinton Foundation check?
VC fuckery
Stories like this justify my getting the fuck out of the corporate world at age 54 before it killed me. Lemmings swimming with sharks.