Join us for our true crime book discussion group. This month's title: Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou.
Register to receive the Zoom link and reserve a loan copy of the book. You can also use your Schaumburg Library card to check out a copy of the eBook from Axis 360 or Digital Library of Illinois, or the eAudiobook from Axis 360 or Digital Library of Illinois.
In 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. A riveting story of the biggest corporate fraud since Enron, a tale of ambition and hubris set amid the bold promises of Silicon Valley.
This program will take place online on Zoom. After registering, you will receive a link to the Zoom meeting at least one hour in advance of the program. Don't see the email? Make sure you check your spam folder!
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