Theranos Misled Investors and Consumers Who Used Its Blood Test
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#2Part of me dislikes the title "Blood Unicorn" for being sensationalist, but part of me really likes it for being completely accurate and even a little bit poetic. It kind of feels like all titles should strive for this balance, but I also kind of hate it. I'm sure there's a German word for what I'm feeling!
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#3Part of me dislikes the title "Blood Unicorn" for being sensationalist, but part of me really likes it for being completely accurate and even a little bit poetic. It kind of feels like all titles should strive for this balance, but I also kind of hate it. I'm sure there's a German word for what I'm feeling!
It seemed to me as if the author semi-sheepishly is admitting being caught up in the fervor surrounding Theranos:
> I used to refer to it pretty regularly as the Blood Unicorn, Elasmotherium haimatos, because it was a Silicon Valley unicorn with a peak valuation of $9 billion that managed to raise $700 million from investors.
I suppose if "unicorn" is meant to describe fundraising activities, it's accurate. They really raised that money.
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#4Part of me dislikes the title "Blood Unicorn" for being sensationalist, but part of me really likes it for being completely accurate and even a little bit poetic. It kind of feels like all titles should strive for this balance, but I also kind of hate it. I'm sure there's a German word for what I'm feeling!
Ambivalent (and its the same in German)
Re: Theranos Misled Investors and Consumers Who Used Its Blood Test
#5Part of me dislikes the title "Blood Unicorn" for being sensationalist, but part of me really likes it for being completely accurate and even a little bit poetic. It kind of feels like all titles should strive for this balance, but I also kind of hate it. I'm sure there's a German word for what I'm feeling!
Ambivalent (and its the same in German)
I've always thought of ambivalent as meaning no strong feelings either way, but I see that it can also mean mixed feelings (even strong ones). Is there a word that doesn't also include the first part, where it means solely having strong mixed feelings?
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#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ambivalent (and its the same in German)
I've always thought of ambivalent as meaning no strong feelings either way, but I see that it can also mean mixed feelings (even strong ones). Is there a word that doesn't also include the first part, where it means solely having strong mixed feelings?
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Re: Theranos Misled Investors and Consumers Who Used Its Blood Test
#7Part of me dislikes the title "Blood Unicorn" for being sensationalist, but part of me really likes it for being completely accurate and even a little bit poetic. It kind of feels like all titles should strive for this balance, but I also kind of hate it. I'm sure there's a German word for what I'm feeling!
It seemed to me as if the author semi-sheepishly is admitting being caught up in the fervor surrounding Theranos: > I used to refer to it pretty regularly as the Blood Unicorn, Elasmotherium haimatos, because it was a Silicon Valley unicorn with a peak valuation of $9 billion that managed to raise $700 million from investors. I suppose if "unicorn" is meant to describe fundraising activities, it's accurate. They real…
At one time, it was valued at $10 billion and being called a dekacorn based on valuation.
Re: Theranos Misled Investors and Consumers Who Used Its Blood Test
#8Part of me dislikes the title "Blood Unicorn" for being sensationalist, but part of me really likes it for being completely accurate and even a little bit poetic. It kind of feels like all titles should strive for this balance, but I also kind of hate it. I'm sure there's a German word for what I'm feeling!
"Blood Unicorn" is a great name for a metal band, though.
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#9Part of me dislikes the title "Blood Unicorn" for being sensationalist, but part of me really likes it for being completely accurate and even a little bit poetic. It kind of feels like all titles should strive for this balance, but I also kind of hate it. I'm sure there's a German word for what I'm feeling!
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#10Part of me dislikes the title "Blood Unicorn" for being sensationalist, but part of me really likes it for being completely accurate and even a little bit poetic. It kind of feels like all titles should strive for this balance, but I also kind of hate it. I'm sure there's a German word for what I'm feeling!
It seemed to me as if the author semi-sheepishly is admitting being caught up in the fervor surrounding Theranos: > I used to refer to it pretty regularly as the Blood Unicorn, Elasmotherium haimatos, because it was a Silicon Valley unicorn with a peak valuation of $9 billion that managed to raise $700 million from investors. I suppose if "unicorn" is meant to describe fundraising activities, it's accurate. They real…
He's always been skeptical of them as far as I can remember. The whole "Blood Unicorn" thing is a long running joke in his column.