Bad Blood

Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

Hardcover, 339 pages

English language

Published March 2019 by Alfred A. Knopf.

ISBN:
978-1-5247-3165-6
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OCLC Number:
1192609801

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Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup is a nonfiction book by journalist John Carreyrou, released May 21, 2018. It covers the rise and fall of Theranos, the multibillion-dollar biotech startup headed by Elizabeth Holmes. The book received critical acclaim, winning the 2018 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award.

19 editions

Fake it until you make it (or go to jail)

The book moves along at a fair clip, telling the stories of those who got swept up in a tech fantasy with no substance. How did everyone miss the red flags in a company where a 19-year old college drop-out claims to have solved medical diagnostics.

(I mean, even Henry Kissinger was involved.)