{"product_id":"9781035006779","title":"Bad Blood : Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Carreyrou, John \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eCalifornia\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 30 March 2023 by Pan Macmillan (Picador) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 400 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 197 x 27 | 282g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow with a new afterword covering the months-long landmark trials of Elizabeth Holmes and Sunny Balwani.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I couldn't put down this thriller . . . the perfect book to read by the fire this winter.' Bill GatesWinner of the Financial Times\/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2018The riveting true story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of Theranos, the multibillion-dollar biotech startup founded by Elizabeth Holmes, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Chilling . . . Reads like a West Coast version of All the President's Men.' New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55490661581186,"sku":"9781035006779","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9781035006779.jpg?v=1753731896","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.pro\/products\/9781035006779","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}