Book · 2018 · business
Bad Blood
#123 of 16,872 books, ranked by how many different people bring it up on podcasts
- mentions
- 31
- people
- 18
- podcasts
- 9
- episodes
- 24
- critical mentions
- 0
It's called Bad Blood by John Carreyrou and it's very well written and well very well researched.
What they say about it
- Highly recommends the book“highly recommend that you do”3
- Investigation into Theranos3
- Context on Elizabeth Holmes“additional context to Holmes' childhood ambition”3
The best things said about it
One is Bad Blood by John Keroo, which is an investigation into Theronos, the scam blood testing company that Elizabeth Holmes founded.
So, uh, the book Bad Blood by John Keroo provides, it's a really good book, uh, provides additional context to Holmes' childhood ambition.
I mean, to understand what the hell has gone on here, one can get a story that's to a lot of people very clear cut, the book Bad Blood.
It's very rare to get such a deep glimpse inside a company, but the carry root book, but bad blood and all the reporting is, uh, you know, been so illuminating.
Now, according to Bad Blood, quote, Bird was over the moon about the partnership. He saw Elizabeth as a precocious genius and treated her with rare difference.
Where and when it comes up
18 people who brought it up
- Emily Eakin2 mentions · 2 recs
- Jason Calacanis5 mentions · 1 rec
- Robert Evans5 mentions · 1 rec
- MJ Franklin2 mentions · 1 rec
- Andrew Ross Sorkin1 mention · 1 rec
- Marcia Clark1 mention · 1 rec
- Megyn Kelly1 mention · 1 rec
- Nelly Bowles1 mention · 1 rec
- Alex Kantrowitz3 mentions
- Billy Evans1 mention
- David Sacks1 mention
- Erin Griffith1 mention
Why people recommend it
Bad Blood by John Carreyrou is an immersive investigative non-fiction book that uncovers the massive corporate fraud behind Elizabeth Holmes and her blood-testing startup, Theranos. MJ Franklin recommended the book on The Book Review as a gripping piece of investigative journalism. Marcia Clark strongly endorsed the book on The Megyn Kelly Show, praising its meticulous research and compelling writing. Megyn Kelly similarly recommended both the book and its podcast adaptation to her audience on her show. Jason Calacanis praised the book on This Week in Startups, reflecting on his prior interviews with the author and highlighting the remarkable reporting that exposed the Silicon Valley scandal. Nelly Bowles noted the title on The Book Review when discussing essential literature about the tech industry's darker side. Robert Evans used the book on Behind the Bastards to provide accurate contextual background on Holmes's childhood ambitions and to contrast the real story with mythologized accounts. Emily Eakin also discussed reading the book on The Book Review as a gripping exposé of startup culture. Across numerous podcast appearances, commentators and journalists praise Carreyrou's tenacity in uncovering one of the most notorious corporate deceptions of the modern era, making the book a definitive cautionary tale for the technology sector.
Every mention
Emily Eakin I'm reading Bad Blood secrets and lies in a Silicon Valley startup by John carero 2
Recommended
“I'm reading Bad Blood secrets and lies in a Silicon Valley startup by John carero”
Recommended
“so what I'm reading is bad blood secrets and lies in a Silicon Valley startup by John KERO”
Jason Calacanis i really highly recommend episode 828 in episode 617 when i had john karauru on the show so this is like 60… 5
Discussed
“well a bunch of walgreens executives apparently according to bad blood felt a lot of pressure that they were going to lose the deal and they didn't do their diligence”
Recommended
“i really highly recommend episode 828 in episode 617 when i had john karauru on the show so this is like 600 episodes i had john kerry on after he wrote the first story episode 617 and then when he uh finally wrote his book which is amazing”
Discussed
“bad blood degrade”
Discussed
“And ironically, when you read the book, it was the same kit we used. It's a Siemens analyzer that was at the back.”
Discussed
“but anyway here here is John Kerry rue the bad blood author”
Robert Evans So, uh, the book Bad Blood by John Keroo provides, it's a really good book, uh, provides additional context… 5
Discussed
“He later spoke to Carrie Rue for the book Bad Blood. His story provides a good look at just how Holmes treated her employees on a one-on-one basis.”
Recommended
“So, uh, the book Bad Blood by John Keroo provides, it's a really good book, uh, provides additional context to Holmes' childhood ambition.”
Discussed
“Now, Carrie Rue's book makes it sound a little better than that. According to his reporting, she talked her way into the Stanford summer program.”
Discussed
“Now, according to Bad Blood, quote, Bird was over the moon about the partnership. He saw Elizabeth as a precocious genius and treated her with rare difference.”
Discussed
“As bad blood describes, it had initially represented that his blood test would qualify as waved under the clinical laboratory improvement amendments, a 1988 law that governed laboratories.”
MJ Franklin One is Bad Blood by John Keroo, which is an investigation into Theronos, the scam blood testing company tha… 2
Recommended
“One is Bad Blood by John Keroo, which is an investigation into Theronos, the scam blood testing company that Elizabeth Holmes founded.”
Discussed
“I'm thinking about Patrick R and Keef's book say nothing an Empire of pain or I'm thinking of Bad Blood”
Andrew Ross Sorkin well newest book that's out and about right now is Bad Blood the book about Theos is John car you it's a ve… 1
Recommended
“well newest book that's out and about right now is Bad Blood the book about Theos is John car you it's a very well done book”
Marcia Clark if you read the book and I highly recommend that you do it's called Bad Blood by John carryout and it's ver… 1
Recommended
“if you read the book and I highly recommend that you do it's called Bad Blood by John carryout and it's very well written and well very well researched”
Megyn Kelly he's of the wall street journal he did the book bla bad blood which became a podcast which i recommend ever… 1
Recommended
“he's of the wall street journal he did the book bla bad blood which became a podcast which i recommend everybody uh”
Nelly Bowles obviously Bad Blood the John Caro 1
Recommended
“obviously Bad Blood the John Caro”
Alex Kantrowitz But I do remember there being – at least reading John Kerry's book, Bad Blood, there were pretty elaborate… 3
Discussed
“But I do remember there being – at least reading John Kerry's book, Bad Blood, there were pretty elaborate moves to sort of conceal the fact that the Edison wasn't working in demos and stuff like that.”
Discussed
“Like, if you watch a documentary, if you read the Carriero book, you have one idea of Theranos, but the defense is like, ah, the devil's in the details.”
Discussed
“it's very rare to get such a deep glimpse inside a company, but the carry root book, but bad blood and all the reporting is, uh, you know, been so illuminating.”
Billy Evans No, but I like you know, I I skimmed Bad Blood because like my lawyers told me to for other reasons. 1
Discussed
“No, but I like you know, I I skimmed Bad Blood because like my lawyers told me to for other reasons.”
David Sacks I mean, to understand what the hell has gone on here, one can get a story that's to a lot of people very cl… 1
Discussed
“I mean, to understand what the hell has gone on here, one can get a story that's to a lot of people very clear cut, the book Bad Blood.”
Erin Griffith I, I’ve read the book. It was, it's been a little bit, a little while I've listened to the podcast, watched… 1
Discussed
“I, I’ve read the book. It was, it's been a little bit, a little while I've listened to the podcast, watched the documentary, all that stuff. And there were still some details in the prosecution's opening arguments that I didn't remember”
Jimmy Soni there has to be room in the world for walter isaacson's code breaker and for bad blood right we've got to b… 1
Discussed
“there has to be room in the world for walter isaacson's code breaker and for bad blood right we've got to be able to keep the worst of the worst excesses and faults in check and that's the role of the fourth estate and of enterprising reporters like john who did bad blood right”
Lauren Christensen so I'm reading something that I think a lot of people either have read already or are also reading Bad Bloo… 1
Discussed
“so I'm reading something that I think a lot of people either have read already or are also reading Bad Blood by John keru about the Theos story”
Nate Silver Look, I remember reading the uh reading the book bad blood by the Wall Street Journal journalist John Keru,… 1
Discussed
“Look, I remember reading the uh reading the book bad blood by the Wall Street Journal journalist John Keru, I believe.”
Shaan Puri Now, if you've watched the TV show and other things like that and you've read the book, Bad Blood, you know… 1
Discussed
“Now, if you've watched the TV show and other things like that and you've read the book, Bad Blood, you know, basically what happened was the Edison machine pretty much didn't work.”
Tina Jordan I'm reading Bad Blood non-fiction by John kery R that's c a r r e y r o u 1
Discussed
“I'm reading Bad Blood non-fiction by John kery R that's c a r r e y r o u”
Vivek Ramaswamy Megan I don't know what I've seen in the documentaries and and uh read in in the book about her bad blood 1
Discussed
“Megan I don't know what I've seen in the documentaries and and uh read in in the book about her bad blood”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker1
Discussed
“it's a little weird to have two big p-profile versions of the same story it's like those two firefest documentaries you just watch them both in compare yeah just right”
Other mentions (6: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“I was like, I read, how do you say, John Kerry Rue? John Kerry. Good book, Bad Blood. Yep. Very incredible. I was definitely a bit obsessed with the idea of Sonny Balwani back in the day and the whole Theranos story.”
Passing
“And tell me if they were mentioned. I didn't fall. I didn't read the book, but I think that one of our employees killed himself, because he had to testify or something like that.”
Passing
“I followed that case pretty closely as it sounds like you did as well with bad blood podcast and everything”
Passing
“So I haven't read his book, Bad Blood, Um, but I saw the documentary.”
Passing
“he told us later when he came on after the book bad blood came out he told us that he had more sources come forward after they saw his interview with me”
Passing
“well you may remember that a few weeks ago I had read Bad Blood by John KERO which is the Theos story about Elizabeth Holmes”