• cheese_greater@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Cant wait to see this. She’s terrifying and Fielder is imho the perfect foil to interview her.

    Its weird cuz she just ripped off a bunch of rich people, I dont really have any reason to hate her really but she’s sort of emblematic of what is problematic of startup and tech culture and in a sense identify culture where being the first ___ founder/CEO or one of few ____ founders/CEOs/whatever is part of the pitch.

    In a better world it would never have entered the equation much less overshadowed the actual lack of viable product/IP. How did no blood scientist/dr/expert not easily point out their premise was fatally flawed in a way that doomed the whole exercise, both internally and publicly?

    There were some after the fact and it was exposed who were casually like "ya, the blood available from a pinprick to the finger doesnt suffice for the grand vision Theranos was sold as and predicated upon

    • marcos@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      How did no blood scientist/dr/expert not easily point out their premise was fatally flawed?

      They did. Every expert out there pointed out it’s impossible.

    • scytale@piefed.zipEnglish
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      2 months ago

      she just ripped off a bunch of rich people

      Her company was sinking its teeth into the medical field though. That could’ve killed people if they weren’t found out soon enough.

      • cheese_greater@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        How was it gonna get FDA-approved tho? Im sure its happened before in the past but i wonder what the plan was for that

        • FlyingCircus@lemmy.world
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          2 months ago

          Under Trump’s FDA, she could just make a “donation” and it would be approved. Don’t kid yourself that these institutions are— or ever were —sacrosanct.

    • Sanguine@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I know this is the sad reality at most companies but when I put someone on a PIP I 100% expect them to improve and recover from whatever got them in the PIP.

      • realworldschlitz@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Guarantee you there’s a non zero chance you are the reason for their pip.

        I’ve been a cpo, a cdo, a head of design, a design mgr and an individual contributor. The sad reality is that rarely has a pip corrected anything and mostly it is used to push out individuals… individuals that often contribute great things.

        You work with people you want to succeed… others throw them to the wolves and it’s called a pip.

        I’d love to hear the situation that describes otherwise?