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| Theranos (theranos.com) | ||
| recommended by 5 users | 2013 | 211 points by car | corporate fraud | original thread | | ||
| 5 users recommended this thread. What they said: |
| bcantrill Jan 2, 2022 | on: The Coverage of Theranos Is Utter Bullshit (2015) | context |
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qchris Apr 8, 2022 | on: HN comment April 9, 2012: Bookmark this comment. See you in… | context
Just as a counter-example, one of my favorite HN comments of all time is from someone who remembered someone (kinda meta, right?) who called the Theranos fraud almost exactly years before it came out. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29765308 (this is the thread remembering that comment) [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6349349 (this is the thread with the original comment) |
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blueberry_47 Feb 21, 2019 | on: Elizabeth Holmes' Final Months at Theranos | context
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6349349 - Theranos discussion from 2013. Fun read. |
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perl4ever Sep 9, 2021 | on: Elizabeth Holmes’s Last Pitch | context
At the beginning, some choice comments: "The BOD (or "Board" as the company calls it) seems a little strange to me as if she runs in rarified circles" "That BOD is stunning with heavy national security/ military operations. I almost thought it was a CIA cover company." "Fascinating that they're all national security related, except for the ex-CEO of Wells Fargo. I'm honestly curious how that came about..." "Wow. That board of directors is a sight to behold. Looks more like a panel at the World Economic Forum. How on earth did the founder manage to get such high-profile backers?" "Former heavyweights in the diplomatic, intelligence and military government sectors (George Shultz, Senator Samuel Nunn, Henry Kissinger etc). No big names from the technology or VC space are mentioned however." "Am I the only one here who thinks all those people imaged on the web site have really weird eyes? Creepy. ... no, you're not. That site looks like an advert for Elysium" "Wow. She must be a pretty amazing woman to have collected such strong allies. I'd have lunch with her." |
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gopled Nov 18, 2022 | on: Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for… | context
This guy called it back in 2013: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6349808 The whole thread is an interesting read in retrospect, quite a mix of effusiveness and skepticism: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6349349 |
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| recommended by 4 users | 2013 | medman77 on: Theranos | aged well | original thread | | ||
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For whatever it's worth, I came across this incredible piece in going through some of the older HN stories on Theranos[0][1], which make for absolutely mesmerizing reading now -- and a vivid reminder that HN is an important historic record!
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6349349
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7951019