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Theranos’ Elizabeth Holmes Shows The Pitfalls Of “Faking It ‘Til You Make It”
As Elizabeth Holmes famously said, “First they think you’re crazy, then they fight you, then you change the world.” And then you defraud investors for millions of dollars and jeopardize the health of at-risk patients, all based on a promised technology that doesn’t exist.
By Jaimee Marshall6 min read
Well, I guess the last part was a little too honest for Elizabeth Holmes, a master manipulator who conned her way to the top as the world’s first self-made billionaire female entrepreneur. Silicon Valley, the media, investors, high-level government officials, even the vice president ate it all up.