Holmes to remain at Theranos despite federal ban and gross negligence
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Re: Holmes to remain at Theranos despite federal ban and gross negligence
#2I am not surprised. Theranos exists as a cult of personality around Holmes and without her, it would be obvious that they provide no value over their larger, more efficient competitors.
Re: Holmes to remain at Theranos despite federal ban and gross negligence
#3Silly commoners, laws are for poor people!
Amazing, simply amazing. She's led a company that has either committed such gross negligence as to not be trustworthy to operate a lemonade stand let alone a medical company OR been openly defrauding both consumers and the Government but remains near as makes no difference completely unaffected and will walk away not only a millionaire, but apparently still employed.
I hope one day I reach that magical level of employment where no matter how bad you fuck up, you still win.
Re: Holmes to remain at Theranos despite federal ban and gross negligence
#4Silly commoners, laws are for poor people! Amazing, simply amazing. She's led a company that has either committed such gross negligence as to not be trustworthy to operate a lemonade stand let alone a medical company OR been openly defrauding both consumers and the Government but remains near as makes no difference completely unaffected and will walk away not only a millionaire, but apparently still employed. I hope…
Holmes is the product @ Theranos. It's evidently clear their blood testing machine doesn't actually work. If you look at the positive (old) media coverage of Theranos, the lion-share of it revolved around her dropping out of Stanford, female founder, and hell I for some reason know she played an instrument as a kid... The cult of personality was used to raise funds, not the Edison.
Re: Holmes to remain at Theranos despite federal ban and gross negligence
#5I am not surprised. Theranos exists as a cult of personality around Holmes and without her, it would be obvious that they provide no value over their larger, more efficient competitors.
I was not aware of the cult of personality aspect. Is she a remarkable leader? visionary?
Re: Holmes to remain at Theranos despite federal ban and gross negligence
#6Silly commoners, laws are for poor people! Amazing, simply amazing. She's led a company that has either committed such gross negligence as to not be trustworthy to operate a lemonade stand let alone a medical company OR been openly defrauding both consumers and the Government but remains near as makes no difference completely unaffected and will walk away not only a millionaire, but apparently still employed. I hope…
Holmes is the product @ Theranos. It's evidently clear their blood testing machine doesn't actually work. If you look at the positive (old) media coverage of Theranos, the lion-share of it revolved around her dropping out of Stanford, female founder, and hell I for some reason know she played an instrument as a kid... The cult of personality was used to raise funds, not the Edison.
Well thank goodness we have a token female founder who dropped out of Stanford and is apparently not qualified to run a Taco Bell.
Am I the only one who thinks this is far more harmful to the cause of getting more women in tech/entrepreneurial roles than helpful? This whole thing is a bad joke.
Re: Holmes to remain at Theranos despite federal ban and gross negligence
#7> Still, last week’s news raises the question of what will happen to the company’s other clinical laboratory in Scottsdale, Arizona, at which 90 percent of the company’s tests are processed. So far, that lab has passed regulatory muster, and the company said it will remain open for now.
I find it interesting that their Arizona lab passed...would this imply they do indeed have a legitimate product?
Re: Holmes to remain at Theranos despite federal ban and gross negligence
#8> Still, last week’s news raises the question of what will happen to the company’s other clinical laboratory in Scottsdale, Arizona, at which 90 percent of the company’s tests are processed. So far, that lab has passed regulatory muster, and the company said it will remain open for now. I find it interesting that their Arizona lab passed...would this imply they do indeed have a legitimate product?
I read at numerous points that they were using the older machines they were supposed to be "disrupting" the industry away from to perform tests, perhaps the Arizona lab is where they have those kept?
Either that or the Arizona regulations are just a little looser.
Re: Holmes to remain at Theranos despite federal ban and gross negligence
#9Silly commoners, laws are for poor people! Amazing, simply amazing. She's led a company that has either committed such gross negligence as to not be trustworthy to operate a lemonade stand let alone a medical company OR been openly defrauding both consumers and the Government but remains near as makes no difference completely unaffected and will walk away not only a millionaire, but apparently still employed. I hope…
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Re: Holmes to remain at Theranos despite federal ban and gross negligence
#10So, I guess the plan now must be to shut down all non-R&D parts of the company, and try to maintain/sell the R&D division and its IP. I can only imagine the level of due diligence any potential buyer will apply.