
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

It made for an unnerving work environment: a colleague might be there one day and gone the next and you had no idea why.
John Carreyrou • Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
ATOMIC
FoMO—the fear of missing out.
John Carreyrou • Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
She also agreed to be barred from being an officer or director in a public company for ten years.
John Carreyrou • Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
And why hadn’t a single venture capital firm with expertise in health care put money into the company?
John Carreyrou • Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
“When you strike at the king, you must kill him.”
John Carreyrou • Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
Christopher Weaver and John Carreyrou, “Theranos Offers
John Carreyrou • Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
The resignations infuriated Elizabeth and Sunny. The following day, they summoned the staff for an all-hands meeting in the cafeteria.