Fraud and Failure Fail often, fail fast is often said to startup founders. But why? You can get an answer to ‘why’ from tech gurus, plain folk and failures as to why that might be a good thing. Supposedly…
Theranos
I recently went to hear Elizabeth Holmes in person speaking in Santa Clara. She’s Theranos’ founder and CEO and a media darling. I loved the focus and single mindedness that shined through her story of knowing since childhood there…
UPDATE, July 16, 2014 I am so behind on Theranos stories but have to comment on today’s Palo Alto paper’s comparison of Elizabeth Holmes to Mark Zuckerberg. I say NO! Compare her to no one! Give her credit for…
Theranos has a clever sign. Nice. I like it. It is sitting in front of its new home, under construction on Page Mill Rd in Palo Alto. It’s a large campus. Very large. Biggest start up building I have…
UPDATE: March 17, 2019 – This is an old post on Theranos. I began writing about Elizabeth Holmes in 2013. This is the first. Start here. An Almost Great Palo Alto Start Up To see all the posts…
Theranos opens in Maryland, and 23andme is still chatting with the left in last century organization , FDA, which is always busy with its special interest groups. (United Healthcare on speed dial?) See our first post on Theranos –…
edited November 6. 2am thoughts “LabCorp had more than $5.6 billion in revenue in 2012. ” This is a large number I just saw. Given this plus all the other signs, Theranos is going to be the hottest thing…
The Military and Theranos: Call it Blood Money?
The Board of Palo Alto start up Theranos is military. …
Theranos is almost the new new thing in your consciousness. They are about to make a big announcement of the opening of the Palo Alto Store in the Walgreen’s on University Ave. Right now it is only for family,…
I have to forget the Palo Alto I knew and raised the kids in from the kindergarten on (Addison, Escondido, Jordan, Palo Alto High – oh yes and a year for one of the three at Fairmeadow Elementary). Moving…