23andMe’s entire board resigned on the same day. Founder Anne Wojcicki still thinks the startup is savable

Anne Wojcicki, chief executive officer and co-founder of 23andMe (Credit: Kyle Grillot—Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Anne Wojcicki wanted to run things—alone.

It was 2009 and her startup 23andMe was riding high, fueled by a steady stream of venture money, intriguing personal accounts of genome exploration, and the novelty of “spit parties.”