I have watched a lot of videos analyzing what happened at Theranos. They all tiptoe around what I think is a pivotal question: What role did political correctness play in letting her skate with this fraud for so long? Just how fearful were people of being the misogynist who dared called out the first female Steve Jobs?
Bingo.
They wanted a female Steve Jobs, and thought they had it. At least Steve Jobs got away with stealing from Xerox and then worked very hard at making it a product.
This one just lied. Period.
Everyone wanted in on the ground floor of a female Bill Gates/Steve Jobs/etc.
Billions. Billions lost.