Whether from the hugely popular Disney+ show The Dropout or the preceding podcast of the same name, you may be familiar with the story of Elizabeth Holmes.
The ambitious Stanford University student left education to begin a medical technology company called Theranos. It tried to show that, with a single pinprick of blood, patients could test for hundreds of diseases. So revolutionary was the concept that the company enticed astute investors and was valued at $9 billion. Sadly, it didn’t work and - spoiler alert! - Holmes was later charged with fraud.
