Elizabeth Holmes, 30 year old self-made billionaire woman

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And I thought Madonnas fake voice was bad...

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Did she go to Stanford as a “crew recruit?”

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Anonymous wrote:Did she go to Stanford as a “crew recruit?”

Actually, her grades were pretty mediocre, and her mother found out that if she enrolled in one of their summer language programs, she would increase her chances. So she did that, went to China and studied Mandarin.

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Maybe she can share a cell with Lori Loughlin

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I am very interested to see if she serves time. Ive work SV and Ive been a part of a few labs that definitely were secretive and often times we implied things before we could actually accomplish them. However we always actually accomplished the task at hand within a few months...working 24/7 and being so intensely stressed of course! It seems her product never had a prototype that even worked. And the lies and the PR just kept building. I found her VERY pompous and she offered no one protection in the end. She aligned herself with powerful people but none of them scientists of course! Because they would be too interested in the product. Im still shocked she went to Walgreens with no working prototype. Giving people false readings really is criminal. I read she is facing UP to 20 years. Which really seems very low when you think she is responsible for false lab reports for many AZ people. Especially on syphillis...lovely!

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Anonymous wrote:I am very interested to see if she serves time. Ive work SV and Ive been a part of a few labs that definitely were secretive and often times we implied things before we could actually accomplish them. However we always actually accomplished the task at hand within a few months...working 24/7 and being so intensely stressed of course! It seems her product never had a prototype that even worked. And the lies and the PR just kept building. I found her VERY pompous and she offered no one protection in the end. She aligned herself with powerful people but none of them scientists of course! Because they would be too interested in the product. Im still shocked she went to Walgreens with no working prototype. Giving people false readings really is criminal. I read she is facing UP to 20 years. Which really seems very low when you think she is responsible for false lab reports for many AZ people. Especially on syphillis...lovely!

PS: I just wanted to add that she also basically stole 900 billion dollars. She did NOTHING commendable with any monies she raised and also accrued over 200 million in legal fees.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe she can share a cell with Lori Loughlin

Orange is the new black turtleneck.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did she go to Stanford as a “crew recruit?”

Actually, her grades were pretty mediocre, and her mother found out that if she enrolled in one of their summer language programs, she would increase her chances. So she did that, went to China and studied Mandarin.

+1

Privilege at its finest.

The comments on the fake man voice are killing me. So true!

FAKE, fake, fake all around.

The movie said at the end that she is dating one of the major hotel moguls. Thinking that is probably a lie, also. Either that, or he is just as stupid as she is.

The whole ivy system seems almost a complete fraud to me. FAKE.

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Anonymous wrote:I honestly never understood the appeal of the product. Sure, blood draws aren't fun, but they aren't impossible or even particularly difficult. It always seemed like a solution in search of a problem. Then to have it be fake in the end . . . just stupidity all around.

Has anyone seen the HBO documentary that dropped last week or the earlier ABC documentary, Bad Bood? I watched the ABC doc. This story is fascinating for so many reasons.

Re: the comment above— I don’t get the appeal of the product either. It’s a single needle poke, either way, and it doesn’t hurt once the needle is in. Frankly, I’d rather be poked in the bend of my elbow than in a fingertip. Less likely to bump the wound or get infected since your fingers touch everything.

And on a superficial note— her fake voice is creepy as hell, and what’s with that dry, straw hair? Had she never heard of conditioner?

WTH is wrong with her eyes?

She had brown eyes as a child, in the photos shown - and suddenly she has purple blue enormous ALIEN EYES? She. Does. Not. Blink. Is she ill?

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Anonymous wrote:DC born!

http://fortune.com/2014/06/12/theranos-blood-holmes/

Impressive. I think she can become wealthier than Zuckerberg. A very useful and revolutionary service/technology she has pioneered. Potential to really eat away at lab fees.

Anyone here NOT surprised she is D.C. born?

Not surprised at all.

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I love the comments on the first few pages. Such as,

"I wish so much I had the money to invest in this. Amazing."

Dodged a bullet there, huh, PP?

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Anonymous wrote:80 patents in 10 years. I call BS.

I came in to say this.... The whole platform is suspect and they haven't released any data to be publically scrutinized. They are running LDTs which do not have to go through FDA clearance. You can have all the patents you want but let's see if the have a viable product.

The idea that one can do 30 assays from 25 uL of whole blood is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.

So there was at least one intelligent dcum poster 4 years ago who wasn’t fooled by this Fyre Festival style con job.

This is why I love dcum. There are nuggets of true wisdom hidden in all the chatter.

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Anonymous wrote:80 patents in 10 years. I call BS.

I came in to say this.... The whole platform is suspect and they haven't released any data to be publically scrutinized. They are running LDTs which do not have to go through FDA clearance. You can have all the patents you want but let's see if the have a viable product.

The idea that one can do 30 assays from 25 uL of whole blood is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.

You, PP, in retrospect have the best post of this thread. I hope you're still reading. Kudos.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:80 patents in 10 years. I call BS.

I came in to say this.... The whole platform is suspect and they haven't released any data to be publically scrutinized. They are running LDTs which do not have to go through FDA clearance. You can have all the patents you want but let's see if the have a viable product.

The idea that one can do 30 assays from 25 uL of whole blood is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.

So there was at least one intelligent dcum poster 4 years ago who wasn’t fooled by this Fyre Festival style con job.

This is why I love dcum. There are nuggets of true wisdom hidden in all the chatter.

oh, yes. the poll of DCUM opinion would utterly useless, however, most thread contain brilliant insights.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I honestly never understood the appeal of the product. Sure, blood draws aren't fun, but they aren't impossible or even particularly difficult. It always seemed like a solution in search of a problem. Then to have it be fake in the end . . . just stupidity all around.

Has anyone seen the HBO documentary that dropped last week or the earlier ABC documentary, Bad Bood? I watched the ABC doc. This story is fascinating for so many reasons.

Re: the comment above— I don’t get the appeal of the product either. It’s a single needle poke, either way, and it doesn’t hurt once the needle is in. Frankly, I’d rather be poked in the bend of my elbow than in a fingertip. Less likely to bump the wound or get infected since your fingers touch everything.

And on a superficial note— her fake voice is creepy as hell, and what’s with that dry, straw hair? Had she never heard of conditioner?

I watched it. I thought The Dropout (podcast) was more thorough in its coverage (listen if you haven’t had a chance).

I get the appeal of the concept- the ability to do bloodwork in remote army camps or rural clinics, etc. Holmes pretended it was about fear of needles and being able to do bloodwork frequently in your own home. She dismissed the people who knew, and told her, that it wouldn’t work.

The biggest tragedy by far was the employee who killed himself.

It’s just astonishing to me how many smart people she bamboozled. That seems to be a trend these days with frauds like the Fire Festival and Anna Delvey.

agree, The Dropout podcast was much more thorough.
How was she able to fool all those rich, older powerful men? Was it her freakily large unblinking blue eyes?