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[–] 39 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (15 children)

Cant wait to see this. She's terrifying and Fielder is imho the perfect foil to interview her.

Its weird cuz she just ripped off a bunch of rich people, I dont really have any reason to hate her really but she's sort of emblematic of what is problematic of startup and tech culture and in a sense identify culture where being the first ___ founder/CEO or one of few ____ founders/CEOs/whatever is part of the pitch.

In a better world it would never have entered the equation much less overshadowed the actual lack of viable product/IP. How did no blood scientist/dr/expert not easily point out their premise was fatally flawed in a way that doomed the whole exercise, both internally and publicly?

There were some after the fact and it was exposed who were casually like "ya, the blood available from a pinprick to the finger doesnt suffice for the grand vision Theranos was sold as and predicated upon

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  • [–] 37 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    How did no blood scientist/dr/expert not easily point out their premise was fatally flawed?

    They did. Every expert out there pointed out it's impossible.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 week ago

    I remember one former employee posted on reddit without naming the company, saying everything they were claiming was bs. A little later the scandal blew up and it was confirmed the guy worked for Theranos.

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  • [–] 35 points 1 week ago (8 children)

    she just ripped off a bunch of rich people

    Her company was sinking its teeth into the medical field though. That could’ve killed people if they weren’t found out soon enough.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago (4 children)

    How was it gonna get FDA-approved tho? Im sure its happened before in the past but i wonder what the plan was for that

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (2 children)

    I'm not sure what they were doing needed FDA approval since it was a blood test and not something that actually goes into or touches a patient. Though I'm not expert on medical regulations so thats just a guess.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    The most depressing thing about this entire ordeal is that the woman stole lots of money, got busted because that money belonged to rich people, and is now after having been convicted and literally been to prison as far as i know, able to cash in on that further. Lets make a movie about that wonderful successful scammer.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    I think there's a law in the states that criminals can't profit from the story of their crime. If I remember correctly, the money that would have gone to the criminal goes to restitution for the victims.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago

    Assuming that is indeed the case, she still benefits considerably: she gets to stay relevant, develop celebrity, change or affect the public opinion on her. A normal criminal cant even get a job cleaning toilets sometimes.

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