I worked side by side with Elizabeth Holmes. She seemed like a visionary, but we were all duped — and it's a comfort to see justice served.
This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Patrick O'Neill, the head of creative at Starco Brands and the former chief creative officer at Theranos.Elizabeth HolmesShe really admired Steve Jobs and wanted to model Theranos' branding on the work we'd done with Apple.I'd been working with legacy brands like Visa and the Olympics, and Theranos was the opposite of that — an unknown brand championing a mission to change the healthcare industry.
We'd worked with Elizabeth for around a year when the website went live in fall 2013. At the same time, Theranos announced its partnership with Walgreens, which was covered byI didn't hesitate. Joining a startup was risky, but working for a company that could make the world a better place was too appealing to pass up.
The company culture discouraged people from discussing what they were working on. Most teams worked in silos, and you weren't allowed in different parts of the building.Elizabeth's infamous Fortune coverThe first year and a half of working at Theranos was filled with magazine covers, great press, raising money, and. All these milestones reinforced that this company could change the face of healthcare.
Her narrative was that we were being targeted by the healthcare-industrial complex, or because she was a woman, or the media was tearing Theranos down for sport. I definitely bought into it.
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