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Summary of Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou: Conversation Starters

Elizabeth Holmes is touted as the next Steve Jobs of Silicon Valley, a fast-rising entrepreneur who convinced big-name investors to support her company Theranos valued at $9 billion. The youngest female CEO who has reached billionaire status, nothing could stop her. But something is wrong with her much-vaunted product and Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou starts to dig deeper. What he finds out topples Holmes and her billion dollar company. How was she able to dupe her investors that her technology was worth investing in?

A New York Times bestseller, Bad Blood is twice Pulitzer Prize winner Carreyrou.

A Brief Look Inside:

EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER

than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive,

and the characters and its world still live on.

Conversation Starters is peppered with questions designed to

bring us beneath the surface of the page

and invite us into the world that lives on.

These questions can be used to create hours of conversation:

• Foster a deeper understanding of the book

• Promote an atmosphere of discussion for groups

• Assist in the study of the book, either individually or corporately

• Explore unseen realms of the book as never seen before

Disclaimer: This book you are about to enjoy is an independent companion resource of the original book, enhancing your experience. If you have not yet purchased a copy of the original book, please do before purchasing this unofficial Conversation Starters.

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24 printed pages
Original publication
2018
Publication year
2018
Publisher
BH
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Quotes

  • erinaekaterinahas quoted3 years ago
    She spied on her employees by ordering her assistants to know what others say about her on Facebook. Her delusions led her to say that Theranos made the most important product ever built for humanity. She admired Steve Jobs and followed his dressing style, wearing black turtlenecks to work. She read Jobs’ biography by Walter Isaacson and implemented his management style described in the book. Her second-in-command Sunny Balwani, who is also her boyfriend, is described as equally controlling. He told employees to leave the company if they feel like questioning their management decisions. He monitored the employees’ number of hours worked and closely watched their whereabouts. He was known to have given copies of the book The Alchemist to Theranos workforce.

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