[2006alum]

I'm afraid the movie now is an expose of the Stanford/Silicon Valley arrogance.  The redemption story is years away.

It's worth noting that almost everyone in Silicon Valley stayed far, far away from Theranos. Only one valley VC fund invested, and even then, not much. Most of her money came from people outside the valley who would accept her ridiculous terms regarding lack of access to verifiable results (including, notably, a brobdingnagian investment from Walgreens). And her board was full of DC bigwigs who lent authority but absolutely no credibility for the specific industry. If anything, the lesson is in the arrogance of valley outsiders to think any seller of magical beans can make them grow fruit. I always, always, thought it sounded way too good to be true.

[2006alum]

I'm afraid the movie now is an expose of the Stanford/Silicon Valley arrogance.  The redemption story is years away.

It's worth noting that almost everyone in Silicon Valley stayed far, far away from Theranos. Only one valley VC fund invested, and even then, not much. Most of her money came from people outside the valley who would accept her ridiculous terms regarding lack of access to verifiable results (including, notably, a brobdingnagian investment from Walgreens). And her board was full of DC bigwigs who lent authority but absolutely no credibility for the specific industry. If anything, the lesson is in the arrogance of valley outsiders to think any seller of magical beans can make them grow fruit. I always, always, thought it sounded way too good to be true.