The Theranos Scandal - A Simple Overview

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Theranos was a $9 billion company based on lies. This video talks about how it happened while giving a simple overview of the situation.
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@NotKimiRaikkonen 3 жыл бұрын

I like how this chick saw Steve Jobs, decided thats what she wanted to be and just bought a black turtleneck and faked a deep voice, like that was the secret to his success.

@Karma20XX 3 жыл бұрын

Apparently all you need to fool people is a Steve Jobs cosplay. 😂

@KnightSoulsG 3 жыл бұрын

Fake it until you... Billionare it 👏👏👏

@machintelligence 3 жыл бұрын

But DAMN! It worked for a while.

@decrobyron 3 жыл бұрын

Well, we all know that Steve Jobs did little thing on actual production. Just nothing batter than average used car dealer. Also absurdly bad asshole deep to the core. Fits to her.

@OtakuUnitedStudio 3 жыл бұрын

She did pick up on his use of deceitful advertisement and spin-doctoring to make a product seem a lot better than it really is. For Jobs, though, it at least did what it was supposed to, even if it wasn't the best, only, or cheapest when most people thought it was.

@IhsanAmin 3 жыл бұрын

Lol the "feel good" "rags to riches" story is a bit worse when you mention her dad was VP of Enron. Born from bad money and carried on the tradition.

@Chadius 3 жыл бұрын

I guess the apple didn't fall far from the tree.

@wiseguy9202 3 жыл бұрын

Christian Holmes had nothing to do with the scandal given his position and employment timeline. That was a red herring statement on the part of the video creator. Which makes me question the validity to the rest of his claims.

@daveroche6522 3 жыл бұрын

Learn, Trump!

@RH-hz9ly 3 жыл бұрын

Well there's her teacher 😂

@dragonbones3885 2 жыл бұрын

@@daveroche6522 wtf TDS is doing here

@BusyBusyPanda 3 жыл бұрын

Whenever a CEO pulls the "I didn't know anything cord" they knew everything.

@Chadius 3 жыл бұрын

CEO: "You can trust me! I know everything!" also CEO: "Oh I didn't know anything about it. I'm innocent."

@critter2 3 жыл бұрын

there is no doubt she didn't know

@Magikarp-4ever 10 ай бұрын

I've seen new ones be the fall-guy but you're spot on for long time heads

@thenostalgiabusiness 3 жыл бұрын

She imitated Steve Jobs in more ways than just look. She took his reality distortion field model too far. Jobs was never a brilliant engineer. He just hired a bunch of brilliant engineers, gave them ludicrous goals, and told them to make it happen. ("I want my whole music collection in my pocket. Make it happen!") Holmes saw how far Jobs got acting like that, saw others like Elon Musk also have success doing it, and decided she would attain her success the same way. Only problem was she didn't realize those other taskmasters set their goals only slightly outside the realm of possibility - something their engineers could eventually attain. She imagined something that was literally impossible, her engineers couldn't deliver, her investors were demanding results, she faked the results, and finally a whistleblower made the whole house of cards tumble down.

@bobbymoss6160 2 жыл бұрын

Really like this analysis. Had she hired actual smart people, this could've happened. Unfortunately, she hired people who weren't smart enough to make her expectation happen.

@cttommy73 2 жыл бұрын

@@bobbymoss6160 The people she hired were smart. It's just the tech hadn't caught up to the point where these kinds of promises made by here were actually possible. Think of it like smartphones. literally just 10 odd years ago, the kind of things we can do with smartphones today, were thought to be fantasy. Even the original smartphones weren't even shadows of what we have today. It's why her engineers struggled so much.

@taxicamel 2 жыл бұрын

31AUG21 You can be sure that mommy and daddy have been lobbying 25 hours a day ....every day ....in Washington, for the one purpose of influencing every politician and every legal candidate that could possibly have any involvement or potential opinion that might put some kind of positive light on this FRAUDSTER. Just spending a few minutes watching the many videos of Elizabeth Holmes being interviewed, promoting the product, very clearly proves she was/is a FRAUD. She publicly stated, many times, that her system works and also denounced any "nay-sayers". As she goes to court TODAY ....this should not take all that long to present ALL the evidence and come to a verdict ....and they better get it right. Having a new baby SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY BEARING ON THE OUTCOME. And the judge SHOULD make sure Elizabeth Holmes does NOT EVER REAP ANY FORM OF BENEFIT FROM HER FRAUD. NO ROYALTIES FROM THE MANY BOOKS AND MOVIES.

@michaelkelleypoetry 2 жыл бұрын

I don't think what she imagined was impossible, but she wasn't patient enough like Jobs or Musk nor was she willing to go after the very best engineers.

@ttrev007 2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelkelleypoetry It was not the engineers. the technology is just not their yet. She did not have enough of a understanding of what was possible to properly push the boundaries of what is possible to obtain. remember 19 year old dropout working on a crazy complicated technological and biochemical problem.

@seyris 3 жыл бұрын

I work in clinical labs, we all expected them to fail

@strickshot 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@davidparsons97 3 жыл бұрын

What made you think a useless bread maker would be the downfall of a "revolutionary" company?

@joeyhyland 3 жыл бұрын

Channing Robertson should be blamed for giving Theranos credibility. His endorsement brought along all the investors who had deep pockets but no biomedical background. He also brought along Ian Gibbons who later committed suicide because of his experience working Theranos. Check his wiki. It’s horrible what he went through.

@PrinceSimba93 3 жыл бұрын

it seems so interesting, but the more you research its viability you can quickly see its not viable at all, she was blind man

@the.abhiram.r 3 жыл бұрын

@@PrinceSimba93 i mean, it may be possible someday

@vizthex 3 жыл бұрын

She looks like an evil villain. Especially with the constant emotionless face.

@katsudon2048 3 жыл бұрын

She is

@Why_It 3 жыл бұрын

Zuckerberg lookin-ass.

@KabbalahSherry 3 жыл бұрын

Elizabeth: 😳

@dnrfrank 3 жыл бұрын

@@Why_It She literally looks like a female version of him lmao

@glaucorocha1281 3 жыл бұрын

yeah. especially in the minute 9:03, her face reminds an awful lot this: imgur.com/fFI86Wq

@vallytine 3 жыл бұрын

As a vocalist, I can't imagine Elizabeth's vocal chords were very happy about that put-on voice, it was probably really constricting the throat as she spoke. Depending on how often she used it there might be permament damage.

@marioantoniocrespoMexican92 3 жыл бұрын

I’m a guy & i have very high pitch voice. Also I have octave range 4 so I can hit really really high notes without much effort. It comes very naturally 🎤

@Awimpyman69 3 жыл бұрын

No to mention it’s just plain annoying. She constantly sounds like she has a bad cold.

@shaye1444 3 жыл бұрын

@@marioantoniocrespoMexican92 no one cares

@SockFullOfCatLitter 2 жыл бұрын

@@marioantoniocrespoMexican92 Did you go to Disneyland by yourself?

@zaptor1514 2 жыл бұрын

It’s anther case of gender envy. Men have more fun 🤩 hence the envy.

@Piggy991 3 жыл бұрын

"The eyes Chico. They never lie."

@wcrq_drift7972 2 жыл бұрын

Scarface?

@Shield-Z 3 жыл бұрын

"All that for a drop of blood..." -Th(er)anos

@AnalyticalMenace 3 жыл бұрын

Take my upvote and get out!

@owenburks406 3 жыл бұрын

@@AnalyticalMenace wholesome keanu chungus destruction 100. Edit: thanks for the gold kind stranger

@lunayoshi 3 жыл бұрын

This guy Avengers. Edit: My first award and it's for a post about the MCU.

@moodlampActual 3 жыл бұрын

You win. Everyone, we can go home now. Leave the internet.

@EliasMcDonnell 3 жыл бұрын

If this doesn’t have 10k upvotes when I come back next week...!

@mikek1234 3 жыл бұрын

"Ambitious" is not the word I would choose to describe Elizabeth Holmes, that implies someone has an actual work ethic.

@kyletrummel69 3 жыл бұрын

But "rubbish" fits perfectly!

@littlesaintwilliamofnorwic8500 3 жыл бұрын

After all the lies, I'd have to see some pretty ironclad evidence before I believe she accomplished any of those things in her early life.

@pennyforyourthots 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly, I feel like if you were to track work ethic monetary success on a graph, work ethic levels off at the point you become a multi-millionaire but the money keeps going up. After a certain point, you have enough money that you can just make money passively and don't need to actually work for it anymore 4 can have other people work for it for you

@TV---kn2rl 3 жыл бұрын

"Ambition" is often used with that positive connotation but its meaning is closer to Holmes' actions -- wanting more than necessary, no matter what

@Lord_Of_Aether 3 жыл бұрын

@@TV---kn2rl You're coming off pretty commie there ngl.

@playgroundchooser 3 жыл бұрын

Most con artists are "ambitious." Being a jerk like Jobbs isn't something to strive for.

@lachy2851 2 жыл бұрын

Wait u mean Steve Jobbs if u do what the hell do u think

@MmntechCa 3 жыл бұрын

"Would you be happy with that level of success knowing what you did to get there, the lack of morals and respect for just about everyone around you, putting them in financial or physical harm..." Most of Silicon Valley: "I... I don't see what the problem is."

@peytonbrown2000 3 жыл бұрын

I was scrolling through the comments while listening and the second I saw ur comment he said this and it freaked me out

@TheMightofDab 2 жыл бұрын

@@peytonbrown2000 same lmao

@MONi_LALA 3 жыл бұрын

And after this scandal, she ended up married a younger millionaire heir and became pregnant delaying her court appearance for even longer. Even almost killing a lot of patients for her ambitious dream of being a billionaire, she still live a luxurious life. Life is really unfair

@davidoneill7554 3 жыл бұрын

Just like women in the military...get notified you’re getting deployed so you skirt it by getting pregnant and receive a medical discharge with full benefits lol

@bananya6020 3 жыл бұрын

and also it's mostly due to looks and well, scamming "talent". life is unfair, but you should make the best of it. everything may suck but at least you can choose to die happy rather than sad.

@missmoxie9188 3 жыл бұрын

I had a feeling she was going to pull that Get knocked up so she can wave her belly in front of the judge in an attempt at leniency Hopefully they’ll see right through her and throw the damn book at her

@coreyperdue1966 3 жыл бұрын

She has to live with the guilt. She has to live knowing the truth. Don't think that doesn't affect someone just cause they act like it doesn't.

@zeinab9222 3 жыл бұрын

@@coreyperdue1966 if she kept up all that for that long i dont think she is feeling guilty about anything lol. she had a pretty thought out scheme, which she wouldnt have executed if she had morals.

@trillcollins7847 3 жыл бұрын

The Company Man is such a nice dude, he's just like "well thats sort of odd" when this chick is full blown bonkers batshit crazy lmaoooo

@speedy01247 3 жыл бұрын

No one who is insane gets that far, more like sociaopathic genius. (Straight A's only to screw everyone over for money)

@companyman114 3 жыл бұрын

Obviously the whole thing is inexcusable but there are aspects to Elizabeth Holmes and her story that I would really respect if isolated from the rest of it.

@spooderman6312 3 жыл бұрын

@@companyman114 this. this is the type of channel we need. usually a nice guy, and even when the worst happens, he just calls it ridiculous. wow. you need a million subs

@wendyokoopa7048 3 жыл бұрын

@@spooderman6312 he sure does.

@mdesm2005 3 жыл бұрын

@@companyman114 that would be true of all con man / women. They all have "talent" that, if "isolated from the rest" .. etc, etc. Where does this fantasy come from?

@WalkerKinsler 2 жыл бұрын

Update: Today, Holmes was convicted on four counts of fraud and conspiracy. She was not found guilty of four other felony charges. On the three remaining charges, the jury was deadlocked. She could now face up to 20 years in prison for each count.

@deroland Жыл бұрын

As of 11/18/22: Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced to 11 years and three months in prison. She must surrender herself to the U.S. Marshal's Service 4/27/23. As of 12/8/22: Sunny Balwani was sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison. He was convicted on all 12 charges he faced, including 10 counts of wire fraud and 2 counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in July 2022.

@cinemarie7513 3 жыл бұрын

Great summary! I’ll just add that Erika Cheung was also a brave whistleblower who helped stop this madness. Agree “Bad Blood” is a fantastic read.

@zyxaqc 3 жыл бұрын

Holmes with her black turtleneck and her hair tied up looks like the villain of a spy movie

@spooderman6312 3 жыл бұрын

a 2000s nickelodean movie, where a bunch of kids and a talking dog stop her from closing a park

@malcolmapplet4313 3 жыл бұрын

@@spooderman6312 "I would have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for those pesky kids!"

@ec1628 3 жыл бұрын

She is a villainess. Unfortunately this is not a movie..

@jetfan925 3 жыл бұрын

Played by Brie Larson.

@KaitouKaiju 3 жыл бұрын

Like the all female reboot of the Steve Jobs documentary

@SueBobChicVid 3 жыл бұрын

Good work. 5 minutes ago I never heard of something I now hate.

@Dan-do2pl 3 жыл бұрын

@littlemacisunderrated412 3 жыл бұрын

Does this guy have a patreon?

@stooges2967 3 жыл бұрын

19hrs ago? Wtf! The video was uploaded a few seconds ago😭

@Alex632 3 жыл бұрын

Patreon early access

@imher2679 3 жыл бұрын

@@littlemacisunderrated412 Yes its in the description box.

@rallyrailgun7310 3 жыл бұрын

I actually applied for an internship with them while I was in college. Took one in Spokane, WA instead. Thank God I didn't go through with that one

@bradleykoperski7198 2 жыл бұрын

She was just found guilty

@justanaveragegrizzlybear1503 3 жыл бұрын

Elizabeth is really weird. She always makes her voice deeper for no reason and her eyes just make me uncomfortable.

@kjsdpgijn 3 жыл бұрын

The voice thing is theorized to be so that she can seem more professional and credible in the business world

@birkk 3 жыл бұрын

To me at least it seems the likely reason for the voice is that these billionaire circles are unfortunately typically "boys clubs" and she wants to sound less feminine/more masculine. It makes it understandable in that sense, but especially with the absolute extreme she took its absolutely it no less weird.

@charlockprime 3 жыл бұрын

She's got those crazy ex-girlfriend eyes.

@JoshuaJacobs83 3 жыл бұрын

I believe it’s because you have a talent for seeing evil and feel uncomfortable accordingly. You have something many, many, many don’t have.

@moniquemc4553 3 жыл бұрын

Right? The voice was always so creepy.

@torijones5194 3 жыл бұрын

She just announced she's pregnant and the trial was delayed....AGAIN. The whole case is insane.

@chinchilla505 3 жыл бұрын

"Mom? How did you know when you were ready to have a baby?" "Well, when I knew you could be used as leverage for mommy's crimes

@firewolf950tfwgaming7 3 жыл бұрын

When that child does come(if she doesn’t end up aborting it to which is probably what will happen), I want to adopt it because whoever it is, they should not need to live their life knowing that they only exist because mommy wants to avoid dealing with the consequences of her actions. It’s one thing to live by accident cause your parents are immature and it’s another to live on because they can’t keep you, but no one should have to live because someone wanted to use you like a pawn.

@jameretief8327 3 жыл бұрын

By the time she goes to trial there will be a machine that can do what hers faked.

@shanleng1910 3 жыл бұрын

Were her pregnancy test done by Theranos?

@jameretief8327 3 жыл бұрын

@@shanleng1910 yes and despite being born looking healthy, it was also diagnosed with leprosy, bubonic plague, and smallpox.

@themannis3338 3 жыл бұрын

She seems more eerie and unsettling than Zuckerberg himself.

@strangedemonchild3911 3 жыл бұрын

She looks and sounds like an anime villain. Hell we could probably turn this into an anime at this point, she's got the evil dad and everything.

@janewick509 2 жыл бұрын

Elisabet-sama... I can imagine Elisabeth monologging about her father and how he never loved her

@peteranderson037 3 жыл бұрын

"She was manipulative and a liar? But she modeled herself after Steve Jobs!" You say that like those are mutually exclusive things. The only reason why she failed is because she never found her Wozniak.

@Anomaly188 3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. Jobs was a lot of things, like a pretentious self-righteous douche bag who was ultimately responsible for his own death because he refused legitimate medical treatment for his early stage pancreatic cancer to listen to some shyster life guru and eat a metric fuckton of oranges until the cancer went away and he was healthy again. It didn't work, the cancer killed him, and he looked like a fucking idiot in his final years.

@avengersprime5431 3 жыл бұрын

This woman was literally obsessed with Steve Jobs. When she discovered that he set board meetings on wednesdays, she set board meeting on the same day. She even wore the same turtle necks as him.

@SkiVail 3 жыл бұрын

What a freak....

@NotaPizzaGRL 3 жыл бұрын

@LOAN NGUYEN What's the difference between this woman and your garden variety con artist other than several million dollars?

@duffbaker9554 2 жыл бұрын

The black turtleneck was favored by the beatniks/existentialists, post-WWII. Later adopted by the Beatles and other beat groups way before Jobs and Holmes picked up on that look.

@RichieAppel 3 жыл бұрын

Theranos was promising to do what a PCR test can’t even do.

@Reczack 3 жыл бұрын

8:59 A friend of mine who is studying psychology said that, like some men, Holmes spoked with a deeper voice in public to be taken seriously by people and be seen as competent. This makes perfect sense on paper, considering she was only 19 at the time.

@iidentifyasjeffbezos 9 ай бұрын

I don’t think anyone with a brain needs to study psychology to get that conclusion 😂

@joejoey7272 3 жыл бұрын

Her eyes look like she came from the same planet as Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos

@dbensdrawinvids8390 3 жыл бұрын

That's just how you look when you sell your soul to the Devil.

@alecedemama7480 3 жыл бұрын

You are being anti-Semitic

@eylasfad9008 3 жыл бұрын

@@alecedemama7480 how tf

@michaelkeller5927 3 жыл бұрын

@@alecedemama7480 stop killing Palestinians

@importsstillsuck 3 жыл бұрын

Little St. James?

@juanperez-lq8rg 3 жыл бұрын

Holmes' close up face always gives me the creeps. She looks like the face you would expect a totalitarian futuristic dystopian government to use as an spoke person on all screens across the country.

@seize3 3 жыл бұрын

^^^ THIS 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

@marchingham 3 жыл бұрын

Dude, you're right on the money!

@dromie5059 3 жыл бұрын

Insanely specific but accurate

@atomicfireball2302 3 жыл бұрын

For some reason at 9:00 she reminds me of Pennywise

@KEVMAN7987 3 жыл бұрын

Big Sister as opposed to Big Brother.

@rach496 3 жыл бұрын

Chemist here! A key reason why Theranos failed is that it would be ridiculously hard to measure and analyze such a small amount of blood. Then if you dilute it you lose that accuracy

@janewick509 2 жыл бұрын

But... as a biologist... why do I think it can work... but I don't know how?

@outtagoodnamesdangit 3 жыл бұрын

I had never even heard of this and I'm kind of shocked that I hadn't. Really incredible story, so thanks for doing a video about it!

@Emelefpi 3 жыл бұрын

She's the only flesh and blood person who gives me the 'uncanny valley' vibe when I look at her face

@MrSkywalkersedem 3 жыл бұрын

What about Zucc?

@thecrowcook 3 жыл бұрын

@@MrSkywalkersedem oh no you look at him and hes clearly fake, not just slightly sort of off in a creepy way, the zucc is just straight not human

@youreshouldoflearntgrammer8277 3 жыл бұрын

Omg, that's it! XD

@NotaPizzaGRL 3 жыл бұрын

it's like you're staring at a cold, unfeeling machine. Fucking terminators.

@aurea. 3 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@halokiller711 3 жыл бұрын

WAIT did she literally get pregnant to delay the court date? Every time I look into her more 'weird' stuff pops up. Sociopathic people are scary.

@wendyokoopa7048 3 жыл бұрын

She did indeed

@jhoughjr1 3 жыл бұрын

hey now these are your rulers.

@nunocspinto 3 жыл бұрын

If she is pregnant, she is not a robot. When I heard her voice, I thought she was a robot.

@EZR725 3 жыл бұрын

@@nunocspinto Android 18 actually had a kid so who knows

@anonmouse15 3 жыл бұрын

The petty crims down my way do the same thing.

@mariocontreras6855 3 жыл бұрын

I have been researching them for so long. It's such a coincidence that you did this video. But thank you.

@Pining_for_the_fjords 3 жыл бұрын

I was familiar with the story, but I didn't know they partnered with companies that actually conducted the medical tests. The fake device's whole selling points were that it only needed a drop of blood, and the results were instant. So why were none of the patients/customers suspicious when they needed a full blood sample and the results weren't instant?

@jessezass 3 жыл бұрын

Looking into her eyes you can't say that woman isn't completely deranged.

@GandalftheWise 3 жыл бұрын

Those kinds are the best in bed.

@richarddoyle3420 3 жыл бұрын

@@GandalftheWise ... best left undisturbed. Her 'voice' makes me get an inny.

@M50A1 3 жыл бұрын

@@GandalftheWise death bed, probably

@misterk662 3 жыл бұрын

I might be wrong but by the sound of her voice and facial features I think she might be transgender.

@saxs3351 3 жыл бұрын

@@misterk662 she isn’t just so you know, the voice is fake. Her natural voice is far higher.

@juggernautAA12 3 жыл бұрын

This sounds like a Netflix Original. Absolutely unbelievable.

@mattbots1 3 жыл бұрын

Close, it's an HBO documentary. The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley. Worth the watch.

@uhuhuh1966 3 жыл бұрын

The HBO doc is soooo good and insane

@Clay3613 3 жыл бұрын

@@uhuhuh1966 Downside, it's on HBO...not paying for it.

@xterminal5997 3 жыл бұрын

@@Clay3613 the video can be free here

@franklinbrooksstoppedcomme3267 3 жыл бұрын

And just as corny and cliché, too.

@ThePhantomSafetyPin 3 жыл бұрын

It's incredible I worked in the medical science industry myself for so long, and yet I have never heard of this. Insanity.

@fermiLiquidDrinker 3 жыл бұрын

Here's a brief update on the trial: Holmes' lawyers have a one-hundred and six page questionnaire which asks about things such as your knowledge of topics _relevant_ to the case (such as chemistry, pharmacology, venture capital, and more)-which I would imagine they have because they want a dumb jury who don't know about the nitty-gritty details of the case-where you get your news from, and a whole host of other invasive questions. You should fill it out yourself if you have an hour to waste and want something to remind you how dumb our dystopia is.

@tylerlackey1175 2 жыл бұрын

Same level of clown behavior when it came to selecting the jury for the chauvin trial

@BecomeTheKnight 3 жыл бұрын

10:00 "would you be happy with that level of success...." let me stop you right there. That isn't real success; that's a house of cards. The only thing she was successful at was being a con artist. And no, I wouldn't be able to live with myself being a con artist at any level of success.

@iqbalhussein5434 3 жыл бұрын

First time I’ve seen proper use of a semicolon; I still don’t know how they work.

@SynZ777 3 жыл бұрын

@@iqbalhussein5434 I've always just saw it as a way to put together two similar statements.

@bruhmingo 3 жыл бұрын

@@iqbalhussein5434 it’s substitute for a conjunction

@moodlampActual 3 жыл бұрын

Idk how you can call being a multi billionaire by 19 and only being sued for half a million not a success 🤷‍♀️

@AntoinetteChanel 3 жыл бұрын

@@iqbalhussein5434 you’re both using them correctly.

@alphasia91 3 жыл бұрын

She hid her voice because she wanted to be taken more seriously. It all tied into her “amazing woman in STEM” play that worked so well. It’s one of the reasons people freaked out about her- they were so happy to have a female CEO of a medical tech company that it made it easier to not look closer. It’s a really interesting culture and psychology thing.

@PungiFungi 3 жыл бұрын

And I reckon her exposure was one of the many reasons people voted for Trump. They were sick of the SJW narrative over their health.

@alphasia91 3 жыл бұрын

@@PungiFungi I hadn’t thought of that specifically but you’re totally right. Love Trump or hate Trump, his anti-woke campaigning was brilliant and exactly the right way to win votes.

@MrAllanGA 3 жыл бұрын

I’m happy someone finally said this. She got so many passes and positive press simply because she was a woman in STEM, and the media wanted that (and still does) more than they wanted to qualify if her story and company were legit.

@PungiFungi 3 жыл бұрын

@L Lawliet her rise was during the Obama administration when political correctness have gone amok and every group clamored for the status of being the most oppressed.

@watamutha 3 жыл бұрын

She sounds like those people like in Dateline Murder Mysteries when they try to mask a witness' voice.

@loneakmoperator507 3 жыл бұрын

She already got another victim, she married some rich guy.

@petmomful2260 3 жыл бұрын

I always wonder how people who pull off these scams for a while, can live with the constant stress of knowing they could be caught at any time. Also, how long do they think they can get away with something like this? Even if you get away with it for years, you end up in jail. So it is not worth it.

@steveshea7725 9 ай бұрын

Those that are driven by psychological compulsions are driven by that in the present, not by considerations of what may happen later.

@Tokuijin 3 жыл бұрын

Cons in the medical industry are some of the most cruelest, however, unsurprisingly prolific.

@HwoarangtheBoomerang 3 жыл бұрын

Who was that young guy that bought the rights to a cheap, necessary medicine then jacked the price up to $600+? F*ck that guy. And the (sometimes) evil it takes to be super rich.

@jhoughjr1 3 жыл бұрын

yep that MD after a name makes people turn off their brains

@jhoughjr1 3 жыл бұрын

@@HwoarangtheBoomerang and what happened due to it? Competitors stepped up and now more cheaper alternatives are available. It's almost like he understood how markets work.

@the.abhiram.r 3 жыл бұрын

@@HwoarangtheBoomerang and he started crying when he got sentenced lol

@staringcorgi6475 2 жыл бұрын

Thalidomide

@TakeWalker 3 жыл бұрын

"I don't often use this word... but this is ridiculous!" Whoa, calm down, watch the language there!

@AnalyticalMenace 3 жыл бұрын

I seriously thought he was gonna say "evil".

@FromMikaWithLove 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve been waiting for you to do a video on this company man! Thank you ❤️

@NYCDemonDiva 3 жыл бұрын

Trial delayed to august because she’s pregnant and due in July. Love that you covered this I been obsessed with this since the HBO documentary

@RedefiningBodybuilding 3 жыл бұрын

Welllll... PLOT TWIST! Her trial was recently put on hold because she's pregnant. Right before announcing her pregnancy she was trying to get off on grounds of mental incompetence. Looks like she might get away with this out of sympathy... Find out on the next episode of Dragon Ball Z!

@Wolf_Mama 3 жыл бұрын

I could never understand why someone would go through all that trouble of faking a product or a business when they could use that equal amount of effort to actually DO something.

@WG55 3 жыл бұрын

Because what they were trying to do isn't possible with today's technology. Several of Elizabeth Holmes' professors at Stanford told her that when she showed them her idea. She then dropped out of Stanford and set out to prove those professors wrong.

@DbladeMedic 3 жыл бұрын

@@WG55 and ended up proving them right. It wouldve been awesome and really amazing if she proved them wrong but in reality what she was really trying to prove wrong was the laws of nature

@marco1173 3 жыл бұрын

I think it's because real work is harder than faking it. People can convince themselves that what they're doing is important and appearances are just as important as the end result, sometimes even more so. It's how we ended up with a POTUS who has no idea how to govern because all he knows is how to lie and he believes his own lies. Or someone like Bernie Madoff, Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling, or Elizabeth Holmes herself.

@branch7628 3 жыл бұрын

Women

@GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou 3 жыл бұрын

@@marco1173 Biden does need to tone it down with the lies, but give him a chance, he hasn't even been in office 2 months! He'll either get the hang of governing or won't be reelected. So far, he has been passable.

@firewolf950tfwgaming7 3 жыл бұрын

The only thing I can think of when reading her name is how her university professor literally told her what she wanted to do is physically impossible and yet she still thought “yeah, I can do this”.

@blindgaming533 3 жыл бұрын

I saw a random special on TV about this awhile ago and I’ve been waiting for your video on it since lmao

@MrFabulous01 3 жыл бұрын

I remember when Theranos first came on the scene. My wife is a medical laboratory scientist. Basically she's the one that runs the medical instrument that tests your blood. When I told her about this company first coming out her exact words were " bullshit". My wife let me know that it is impossible to make a machine that does all that. Also I have watched the documentary on HBO. Apparently Elizabeth had approached her professor and the professor told her the same thing. As for the voice thing, there has been recorded video of her deep voice dropping and going to normal. The supposed idea behind the deep voice is that people respect men more than women because we generally have a deeper voice. So she would force her voice to sound lower in order to command respect. Elizabeth has been fighting for years though to delay or court hearing. Last I read she did manage to have it delayed because she is pregnant. The judge agreed to wait until after the child is born before having the court hearing. Normally a judge goes lighter on a new mother so that the mother may have more time with the baby. I have no proof of this but it is my speculation that she's only having the baby as a means to delay and lighten her sentence.

@ElizIndRhythm 3 жыл бұрын

My sister is also a lab tech, and she outright laughs whenever Theranos gets brought up.

@jasonleetaiwan 2 жыл бұрын

A simple nurse who takes blood for these tests can explain simply that you need a lot of blood for them. Based on that simple tidbit of information, I felt rather confused about Theranos. It went against my common sense, but I also saw that the company was worth billions in 2015 before it was exposed. It wasn't my issue, so I didn't think too much on it. Then the news came out, and I was surprised by it and not surprised at the same time. It was like I got conned for something I knew myself couldn't be true, but still believed it might be true just because I read about it in a magazine of young entrepreneurs.

@stopmakingeyesatme1290 Жыл бұрын

Sometimes I imagine how things might have gone if Holmes had gone to her professor, listened to her professor's explanation of why her idea wouldn't work, said, "Okay, I understand", and spent a few years looking into other more promising and realistic innovations. Given how "successful" her business based on a total lie was for years, I can only imagine that if she had been a little more patient and a lot more honest then she could have actually become the "female Steve Jobs" she'd always wanted to be.

@AyeDaniels 3 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: Tyler Shultz got threatening emails from Theranos executives telling him to be quite, but he didn't and his parents agreed to pay for his defense. Theranos sued him, and it cost his parents $250,000 before the Government finally took his complaint seriously. He's the hero, but I don't think people give him enough credit for the hell he went through for MONTHS before the government stepped in. He was in his early 20s, trying to take on one of the biggest companies in the world, that's insane.

@steveshea7725 9 ай бұрын

Well, he's a member of one of America's most influential families, so that helps.

@cristinagarcia1652 3 жыл бұрын

Love your commentary on this!

@collinschoenfelder677 3 жыл бұрын

I've never heard about this before but this entire situation makes me sad and angry

@Stevan_275 3 жыл бұрын

I remember a creepy video where she used her real voice )high pitched) then quickly reverted back to her pretend deep voice. Super weird watching it lol

@moniquemc4553 3 жыл бұрын

That would be crazy to hear/see.

@dromie5059 3 жыл бұрын

@@moniquemc4553 I wanna see too

@spooderman6312 3 жыл бұрын

here it is. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/htCepryrkt7If30.html

@jbousley 3 жыл бұрын

Far as I know, that was an audio recording. Not a video. Still weirdo material either way.

@chrisfair11 3 жыл бұрын

"I don't want to talk about their awkward relationship" shows image of clinton in the background... Subtle

@MOBMJ 2 жыл бұрын

for someone like me who's a cancer survivor and gets poked regularly for check ups and blood work this would have been a life saver.

@chezshirecat1872 3 жыл бұрын

The sad thing is if anyone just interviewed a person that works in the blood testing field, you would know what she was trying to do what all made up. She has destroyed so many people lives, but because of who she is will probably get away with it.

@leothompson2777 3 жыл бұрын

I'm convinced she saw a blood gas machine and thought, what if we make it do everything.... Without even the slightest knowledge of how it works, what its limitations are, and why it is impossible. All the pitches I ever heard from this con artist were her simply describing such a thing, and as she focused on venture capitalists etc who also know nothing, tells me she knew exactly what she was doing. She wasn't some wide eyed dreamer, or she'd have been talking to people who know this field. She is simply an evil con artist, who would had no qualms with putting patients at risk to keep the money rolling in. She should be rotting in jail.

@immafaint673 3 жыл бұрын

She’s ALL kinds of crazy. The eyes don’t lie. Amazing people like her can sleep at night.

@patsk8872 3 жыл бұрын

Psychopaths run the world

@immafaint673 3 жыл бұрын

Or at least try

@Justin-Hill-1987 3 жыл бұрын

She's the R. Kelly of medical science!

@KaitouKaiju 3 жыл бұрын

They don't. It's during the day, in a coffin

@EC-ms1jr 3 жыл бұрын

Straight As to me already seems suspicious of it being fake.

@urbanstrider 3 жыл бұрын

That trial isn't starting this summer. Holmes is now pregnant and her baby is due around that time. Looks like she still playing the game.

@classified150 3 жыл бұрын

Oh my god she even uses her baby as a shield

@WobblesandBean 3 жыл бұрын

That's despicable. It's obvious that she did this deliberately. She doesn't even love her "husband" or that child.

@PungiFungi 3 жыл бұрын

@@WobblesandBean hopefully the judge will not sign off on the delay request.

@kevindao1103 3 жыл бұрын

I feel bad for her husband. Unless if the husband acts the same way as Holmes. If so, god help that child.

@PungiFungi 3 жыл бұрын

@@kevindao1103 , the husband is probably the type that will squandered the family money, like Holmes' family did. I mean, you are what you attract.

@michealafton1 3 жыл бұрын

Learned about this from Coldfusion and then got sucked into the story thanks for covering it! Love to hear your take!

@michealafton1 3 жыл бұрын

It’s impressive to cover this much in 11 minutes, but like omg so much more it’s crazy

@michaelkelleypoetry 2 жыл бұрын

I had never even heard about Theranos until I saw this video.

@chaunybuck6065 3 жыл бұрын

All of us medical professionals were questioning this from the jump.

@himynameisjeff 3 жыл бұрын

Can i ask for what reasons? The proposed technology would revolutionise healthcare if it worked, so what were the red flags doctors were seeing before this all came to light?

@shootermcgavin2063 3 жыл бұрын

@@himynameisjeff There's a clip in the video where companyman shows a design/blueprint of the edison box, containing things like a "cytometer" and "spectrophotometer" and "thermocycler". These are very common lab equipment pieces that are in use today, and all of them require far more material/cells than are present in a single drop of blood. So the box she proposed would have essentially had to dramatically improve multiple pieces of medical/lab equipment simultaneously to be able to process a tiny amount of sample and still give a reliable readout. Given what she promised with things like being able to detect cancer or learn about genetic disease, anyone with moderate knowledge of biology could have said this was very, very likely not possible. Makes sense why the company was so secretive and deceptive to its own employees and wouldn't work with anyone who started to ask questions

@chaunybuck6065 3 жыл бұрын

@@himynameisjeff The amount of blood needed to run the tests she claimed the "Edison " could perform is much greater than a droplet . Many have tried and failed. As obviously a fingerprick to obtain a droplet is much less invasive. But, those leading the industry have yet been able to accomplish it. I do although realize there are a select few humans in every generation that makes an impact by leaps & bounds. So, while that could have been the case. Another red flag was she came up with a diabetic automatic testing/delivery system that also was impossible and didn't work a few years prior to her Edison bs. These are great ideas. But, every medical professional could come up with these ideas. Most medical professionals HAVE thought of these ideas. The technology unfortunately isn't there. Takes ALOT more than a great idea when it comes to organic matter. 🤷🏻‍♀️

@chaunybuck6065 3 жыл бұрын

@@shootermcgavin2063 I replied prior to seeing your comment. You answered the question perfectly 😊

@28ebdh3udnav 3 жыл бұрын

Where is the fan requested video? *"KZfaq - Why They're Hated"*

@the.abhiram.r 3 жыл бұрын

yes, he's gonna upload a video of how youtube is hated on youtube

@silntwaves 3 жыл бұрын

@@the.abhiram.r as he should

@spooderman6312 3 жыл бұрын

it better be #1 on trending or i willl sue

@OtakuUnitedStudio 3 жыл бұрын

@@the.abhiram.r Lots of people do. I just watched a video yesterday calling out the hypocrisy and favoritism of the current CEO.

@aitsu_nojayjay 3 жыл бұрын

The sad thing is that we can't really replace youtube as a whole because it's too big and too universial to switch immediately

@blockthenock1733 3 жыл бұрын

YUSSSSSS I saw someone else talk about this company and needed the company man to talk about it!!!

@billdoster9415 3 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing her on Mad Money and about 3 mins into the back and forth I was like, “....why do I feel like she wants to make a turtleneck out of my skin????”

@mathewricafrente5984 3 жыл бұрын

I almost read the title as the Thanos Scandal.

@kerdnerl8588 3 жыл бұрын

I did

@willzulu8844 3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, the time Thanos committed galactic fraud by lying to regulators about the efficacy of his infinity stones

@BurningOutBass 3 жыл бұрын

The only real thing Thanos feared was the IRS

@kerdnerl8588 3 жыл бұрын

@@BurningOutBass no, that's the joker

@kumbaya69421 3 жыл бұрын

@@kerdnerl8588 its canon

@nancyok 3 жыл бұрын

I've watched so much on Theranos. It's truly an insane story.

@bytemosery4946 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I can't get enough of this stories

@Macho393 3 жыл бұрын

Another video you recommend watching about Theranos?

@novato455 3 жыл бұрын

The one from ColdFusion.

@R-Lee- 3 жыл бұрын

@@Macho393 there's a guy named "thunderf00t" who absolutely destroyed this woman.

@spooderman6312 3 жыл бұрын

@Bob Landers pfffft liz here thinks that she wont get caught

@PhilWithCoffee 3 жыл бұрын

Can't wait for the trial, this will be interesting to watch unfold

@nickrodriguez3363 3 жыл бұрын

Great video I never heard of this before

@JannethG8 3 жыл бұрын

Replace “ambitious” with privileged. This wouldn’t have been possible if her family name didn’t carry pedigree or if she wasn’t as well connected as she was.

@mdesm2005 3 жыл бұрын

yep, when delusion meets connections

@jameretief8327 3 жыл бұрын

She also hypnotized George Schultz into running interference for her because of his on setting senility.

@ladycheyne5607 3 жыл бұрын

Rich people stealing again. (*surprised Pikachu face)🤣

@ThroughTheWormhole 3 жыл бұрын

If you threw her and the other executive in federal prison for 20+ years, things like this would stop happening. It's like the entire system understands deterrence when it comes to street criminality, but then forgets those principles entirely when it comes to white collar crime. Interesting 🤔

@TheAnubis57 3 жыл бұрын

Well said. How many times swindlers featured on Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack get very short prison terms while the victims who were drained of there money having long term financial misery.

@moogyboy6 3 жыл бұрын

Everyone knows that normal-people rules don't apply to the ultra-rich. After all, they basically live in a different reality, where one doesn't have to fight to prove oneself, a few million bucks is pocket change, and consequences are for suckers.

@krbacon 3 жыл бұрын

It will be interesting to see how the court case goes, I recall the Sawbones podcast discussing this subject a couple of times. Very much a vaporware situation where it certainly appears they very well knew their project would never come to life.

@kayanims 2 жыл бұрын

This vedio deserves a like! The message behind it is very important

@tokyodrifttt 3 жыл бұрын

She is terrifying and is still living normally without any consequences

@VoiceDisasterNz 3 жыл бұрын

That's how "justice" works when you have lots of money.

@Frankster533 3 жыл бұрын

For now she is perhaps in a few months or years she’ll be rotting in prison

@poopingwhilestanding5801 3 жыл бұрын

@@VoiceDisasterNz Or if you’re a woman today. Women love accountability like a snail loves salt.

@OdaSwifteye 2 жыл бұрын

She appears like she's going to jail, we'll see.

@TV---kn2rl 3 жыл бұрын

"How to build a Fortune 500 company with no real value" sounds like a new Jake Tran video

@Marinealver 3 жыл бұрын

Thunderf00t already covered this.

@electron2601 3 жыл бұрын

R2-D2

@StriderStryker 2 жыл бұрын

1:53 This man predicted the future.

@akidmyself4053 2 жыл бұрын

As a double major in Chemistry and Biology, I am surprised no one called her bluff sooner. I've done tests similar to the ones you would expect to do with a blood sample (same techniques, different tissues) and it normally requires a lot of the sample because there is the potential of destroying too much of what you would need to run any test. These tests also require assays and long multi-step procedures which would be pretty much impossible to do on such a small machine. In theory it is possible if we could program something which could do lab work on the microscopic level, but we are still years away from that.

@MikeHarris1984 3 жыл бұрын

Here in Arizona, damn near every walgreens you can still see where they had the Thanos, I mean Theranos office. Most are abandoned rooms by the pharmacy at Walgreens.

@KarlBunker 3 жыл бұрын

"You can do anything you set your mind to." (As long as you're willing to lie, cheat and steal.)

@TitanSubZero15 3 жыл бұрын

Also have an executive father and sleep with a millionaire 20 years your senior.

@martindebrois1472 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent clip 👍

@daveroche6522 3 жыл бұрын

"According to this new unit, your horse has diabetes"....

@SWIFTO_SCYTHE 3 жыл бұрын

People who lie especially about other people's health is unforgiveable.

@seanmoody1613 3 жыл бұрын

She looks like a female Mark Zuckerburg.

@blacklikethesun 3 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking that then i read your comment. They must be the same model of android

@alecedemama7480 3 жыл бұрын

Your anti-Semitic

@Dapinder_Singh_13_13 3 жыл бұрын

But 10 times worse!!

@italiansunrunner 3 жыл бұрын

I look forward to your next video on this company

@sampau3020 3 жыл бұрын

I've heard of this a few times and forget it and remembering it is never a fun time thanks

@sunshinecoolwater9528 3 жыл бұрын

"Let me switch to my deep voice"

@GregNixon 3 жыл бұрын

Cold Fusion did a deep dive into this scandal as well a couple of years ago. It was the first time I've heard of them as well. Got to admit, her BS game was on point.

@syxepop 3 жыл бұрын

Actually if you mixed this video and Dagogo's (CF's creator) you'd have a pretty good look at most of the issues here: Dagogo on the CORPORATE side of Ms. Holmes and Mike (CM's creator) on WHAT THE PEOPLE SAW. Those and the additional references thrown here like the media on it and the "family relations"... Now all it needs is for Cold Fusion to do an update leading or after the CRIMINAL TRIAL.

@FermentedGrapes 3 жыл бұрын

3:14 Alright guys my next invention is going to be a circle that isn’t round

@stevemalek2970 3 жыл бұрын

You captured this quite well, if anyone wants more details I'd recommend the book Bad Blood.

@companyman114 3 жыл бұрын

Same. I recommended it in the video.

@Dortiz1090 3 жыл бұрын

I get so excited when company man upload a video.

@stenbak88 3 жыл бұрын

Me too eve;when I know about the topic

@maxwellkafka 3 жыл бұрын

Theranos is what Thanos uses to keep his coffee hot while he wipes out trillions of lives

@Shenaldrac 3 жыл бұрын

"It sounds unreal." No, the features you described the box being able to do sounds unreal. It being a scam sounds completely real.

@devincreislerstudios 3 жыл бұрын

I have never heard of this. I must sit and listen to the wise one.

@mst3kanita 3 жыл бұрын

part of me is like, "How did walgreens fall for this?!"

@travis1240 3 жыл бұрын

This is what happens when you have business people vet technology. The warning signs were all there.

@theatheistmonk4385 3 жыл бұрын

FOMO

@quasimondo1933 3 жыл бұрын

Read the book, "Bad Blood" by WSJ writer John Carreyou. That's is a wild story.

@wlphantom 2 жыл бұрын

Walgreens as a company is terribly disconnected from reality and it's front line employees and has been for years. Not surprised they were conned with this scam.

@janewick509 2 жыл бұрын

:How did people fall for walgreens?!"

@JoshuaJayMusic 3 жыл бұрын

A subject like this really deserved a longer video man just being honest

@Matikz007 3 жыл бұрын

I agree but this topic has been covered by a lot of other youtubers, and Company Man's videos always tend to be between ~10-14 minutes long.

@kylenorman5250 3 жыл бұрын

The channel cold fusion has a video that goes a bit more in depth and I believe HBO made a documentary a couple years back if you have access to that.

@companyman114 3 жыл бұрын

To properly cover all the aspects of it, absolutely. In the video I recommend a full length documentary, a book, and a tv special about it that all do great jobs in covering it. Given that those already existed, I figured I would try to offer something a little different by delivering a brief overview mixed with some interesting side facts and a few opinions. But absolutely, go follow it up with any of that other material if the subject has you interested to hear more. It's pretty fascinating stuff.

@DeliciousHotShmoze 3 жыл бұрын

Company Man is a good channel for watching the more bite-sized versions of these massive and complex corporate scandals. Ideally, one should be fascinated enough with what he does cover to check out the more expansive resources on the topic. His Enron video got me to watch the feature-length documentary about the whole thing.

@petergianakopoulos4926 3 жыл бұрын

I dont think there is much more to say.

@the_homun_system 2 жыл бұрын

i knew an elizabeth holmes who was an art teacher and guitarist in a band. makes this a really weird contrast when my brain keeps trying to connect this stuff.