Bad Blood
Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
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Bad Blood
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Narrated by:
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Will Damron
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By:
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John Carreyrou
About this listen
'I couldn’t put down this thriller . . . a book so compelling that I couldn't turn away' – Bill Gates
'A story so incredible you'd think it was fiction' – James Patterson
Winner of the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award.
The shocking true story of the breathtaking rise and collapse of Theranos, the multibillion-dollar biotech startup founded by Elizabeth Holmes, written by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end.
Seen as the female Steve Jobs, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup ‘unicorn’ promised to revolutionize the medical industry with a machine that would make blood testing significantly faster and easier. Backed by wealthy investors, Theranos sold shares that valued the company at more than $9 billion.
There was just one problem: the technology didn’t work . . .
Despite threats of legal action, brave whistleblowers started to talk. They revealed a culture of intimidation and secrecy, technology that repeatedly failed, results sent to real patients that were incorrect but upon which life-changing medical decisions were being made, with devastating consequences.
The riveting story behind The Dropout, in Bad Blood, John Carreyrou investigates the biggest corporate fraud since Enron, a tale of ambition and scandal set amid the bold promises of Silicon Valley.
'A tale of corporate fraud and legal browbeating that reads like a crime thriller' – TIME, The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of the Year
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- Jen
- 07-10-2018
I wanted to stay home from work just to listen!
This is one of the best books I've bought from Audible. I couldn't stop listening and I know I'll listen to it again.
The story is compelling. We all know what happened to Theranos, but knowing how it will end doesn't harm the story - the writer still keeps you wanting to hear more.
The reader was fine, good - just not great. I gave the reader 4 stars. There was nothing really wrong with the reading, I just didn't love the performance or find it an awesome reading.
I would (and have) recommended this book to everyone!
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- Vamsi Deepak
- 15-01-2022
Incredible account
I thought I was well informed about the Theranos story. Reading the full account esp. the secrecy, the intimidation inside the company was unbelievable
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- Felipe M
- 14-03-2022
Flawless narration and story
The story and the narration kept me plugged in and it was difficult to stop listening to it.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-05-2022
Impossible to get away from.
First time using an app like this. I think everything else will be disappointing. It would be hard to make something as outrageous as this story. The narration is perfect and the composition of the facts and key characters is perfect as well.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-05-2022
Great book
great read and informative. Shows dishonesty and deceit can lead to no where and will eventually be found out
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- Dudley
- 28-06-2018
What a fantastic listen
I couldn’t put the book down. The story is both frightening & compelling.
John Carreyrou you write a great story. Congratulations to you & the brave former employees.
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- Anonymous User
- 13-12-2022
Incredulous
Excellent book and incredible story of deceit. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Corporate governance appears to be non existent.
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- sanjay maharaul
- 05-02-2019
Highly recommended for young entrepreneurs
loved it, narrator was excellent, very good voice quality, enjoyed the topic, and the book itself is great
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- Anonymous User
- 28-03-2019
Grafters and bullies
A great story, and a great listen, about greed and how the few can influence the many.
I recommend listening as it really gives the listener insight to identify scammers!
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- Brendan O'Connell
- 15-02-2019
better than fiction
Great story, well told. what an interesting piece of start up history. many of the individual behaviours are very recognisable in start ups, but put altogether in a human health context it's just amazing how bad an impact it can be.
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