Research indicates that breast milk has previously unrecognised properties that protect it from bacterial contamination. “Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley startup” (roughly translated: Enmity: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup) by John Carreyrou, Theranos founder is obsessed with tracking employee hours, as well as always finding ways to keep them working late.
One of the ways of Silicon's "super trick" is to order dinner to the Theranos office every night. However, Holmes has calculated that the delivery will only take place from 20h to 20h30, which means that employees usually leave the office at around 22pm.
Carreyrou is the one who debunked Theranos' faulty blood test device. To write the book, he spoke to dozens of people at the company once valued at $9 billion.
Calling a dinner party is just one of several tricks Holmes - who wants to be "the female Steve Jobs" - uses to inspire and manipulate Theranos employees.
The book reveals that Holmes' assistants tracked the arrival and departure times of employees each day. Meanwhile, IT staff monitor the software on their computers. Her subordinates Facebook friends with them and then let her know what they post.
It seems that Holmes is experiencing what Theranos employees go through when entering prison life in Bryan, Texas (USA). According to Wall Street Journal, she would be woken up at 6 a.m. and had to take attendance five times a day.
Holmes is the founder and CEO of biotech startup Theranos. At the age of 19, Holmes dropped out of Stanford to start a business with the mission to create a cheaper, more effective blood test than the traditional method. She promises that patients can tell if they have cancer or diabetes with more than a few drops of blood. She attracted hundreds of millions of dollars in investments with the participation of many famous political figures and important partners.
However, an investigation by Wall Street Journal into Theranos' technology and testing that blew it all away. Holmes and business partner Ramesh Sunny Balwani were arrested in 2018. Holmes was found guilty of four counts of fraud in January 4 and spent more than 1 years in prison.
(According to BI, CNN)
