{"product_id":"9781035006779","title":"Bad Blood : Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup: The Story of Elizabeth Holmes and the Theranos Scandal - John Carreyrou","description":"A story so incredible you'd think it was fiction' - James PattersonWinner 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 shocking story and pursued it to the end. 'I couldn't put down this thriller . . . a book so compelling that I couldn't turn away' - Bill GatesSeen 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","brand":"John Carreyrou","offers":[{"title":"400 pages \/ 30\/03\/2023 \/ True crime","offer_id":57669042045303,"sku":"9781035006779","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9454\/1624\/files\/9781035006779.jpg?v=1793611812","url":"https:\/\/gulpfictionbooks.com\/products\/9781035006779","provider":"Gulp Fiction","version":"1.0","type":"link"}