Bad Blood : Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup – John Carreyrou

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‘I couldn’t put down this thriller . . . the perfect book to read by the fire this winter.’ Bill Gates, ‘5 books I loved in 2018’

WINNER OF THE FINANCIAL TIMES/MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018

The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of Theranos, the multibillion-dollar biotech startup, by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end, despite pressure from its charismatic CEO and threats by her lawyers.

In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup “unicorn” promised to revolutionize the medical industry with a machine that would make blood testing significantly faster and easier. Backed by investors such as Larry Ellison and Tim Draper, Theranos sold shares in a fundraising round that valued the company at more than $9 billion, putting Holmes’s worth at an estimated $4.7 billion. There was just one problem: The technology didn’t work.

In Bad Blood, John Carreyrou tells the riveting story of the biggest corporate fraud since Enron, a tale of ambition and hubris set amid the bold promises of Silicon Valley.

Now to be adapted into a film, with Jennifer Lawrence to star.

‘Chilling . . . Reads like a West Coast version of All the President’s Men.’ New York Times Book Review

Condition : Used. Softcover, Trade Paperback size (large) Tight clean free from inscriptions, great boards no creasing. Could be Like new. See OUR OWN photograph of the book

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SKU: 9781509868070 Category: Title: Bad Blood : Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
Author: John Carreyrou
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Year: 2018
ISBN10: 1509868070
ISBN13: 9781509868070
Condition: Very Good
Format: Trade Paperback
Inventory No: 1006

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‘I couldn’t put down this thriller . . . the perfect book to read by the fire this winter.’ Bill Gates, ‘5 books I loved in 2018’

WINNER OF THE FINANCIAL TIMES/MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018

The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of Theranos, the multibillion-dollar biotech startup, by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end, despite pressure from its charismatic CEO and threats by her lawyers.

In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup “unicorn” promised to revolutionize the medical industry with a machine that would make blood testing significantly faster and easier. Backed by investors such as Larry Ellison and Tim Draper, Theranos sold shares in a fundraising round that valued the company at more than $9 billion, putting Holmes’s worth at an estimated $4.7 billion. There was just one problem: The technology didn’t work.

In Bad Blood, John Carreyrou tells the riveting story of the biggest corporate fraud since Enron, a tale of ambition and hubris set amid the bold promises of Silicon Valley.

Now to be adapted into a film, with Jennifer Lawrence to star.

‘Chilling . . . Reads like a West Coast version of All the President’s Men.’ New York Times Book Review

Condition : Used. Softcover, Trade Paperback size (large) Tight clean free from inscriptions, great boards no creasing. Could be Like new. See OUR OWN photograph of the book

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Weight 0.47 kg
Dimensions 23.4 × 15.4 × 2.7 cm

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