Tim Draper, One of Theranos' First Investors, Says He Would Back Elizabeth Holmes Again as Chief Science Officer (theoutline.com)

An anonymous reader shares a report: Despite all her alleged crimes, Elizabeth Holmes, the former CEO of the biotech company Theranos, can rest assured she still has someone who'll go to bat for her. At a panel discussion on growing startup ecosystems at the Montgomery Summit yesterday, Bloomberg reporter Sarah McBride asked Tim Draper -- a venture capitalist, enthusiastic Bitcoin supporter, and one of Theranos' first investors -- whether he would back Holmes again. Draper responded to the question by saying, "I'd back her as chief science officer, not CEO. Good question."

Comments

The ruling class stick together

[rsilvergun]

wish I could say the same about my class.

Re:The ruling class stick together

[Anonymous Coward]

The thing you don't understand is that the progressives abandoned the working class, beacuse the working class are too "white heterosexual cisgendered and male." Working class raise issues and are silences or shouted down. Talk about immigration, you are racist. Talk about hate crime laws, you are a bigot. Talk about diversity quotas, you are a sexist. Etc.

Trump didn't win because he tricked the working class into thinking he was one of them. He won because he talked about issues the working class are deeply concerned about. Combined with how bad of a candidate Hillary was he was a shoe-in to win.

Your post reeks of "working class are too stupid, that's why they voted for Trump." You are part of the problem. This sentiment is why the working class will never listen to you, or vote for a candidate that acts like you. Your "soilidarity" with the working class is predicated on deep condesencsion and the assumption that they will always vote your way regardless.

Ethics (or lack thereof)

[tomhath]

In other words, he only cares about making money. Putting people in danger isn't a concern.

Re:Ethics (or lack thereof)

[AntronArgaiv]

The woman spent two or three semesters at Stanford, then decided she knew all she needed to know.

I wouldn't trust her to science her way out of a paper bag.
When I graduated I knew just enough engineering to know what I didn't know. And that's after getting a Masters. I learned a lot more on the job, by watching more experienced people and asking questions. Something I doubt Miss Know-it-all has ever done.

Re:Ethics (or lack thereof)

[gravewax]

A brilliant CEO doesn't commit blatant fraud that leads to the destruction of their company. She was a brilliant conman.

Re:Ethics (or lack thereof)

[ceoyoyo]

While reading your post I got to "when I graduated I knew just enough engineering to know what I didn't know" and was just about to tell you that you must have been an unusually gifted undergraduate.

When you come out of undergrad you think you know everything. Grad school teaches you that you really don't know anything. A postdoc teaches you that nobody else does either.

Re:Ethics (or lack thereof) - @ TRUMP ADMIN?

[Anonymous Coward]

No no, I'm sure he's just expecting to run the corporation like Republican leadership has shown : The Chief Science Officer is an entirely HONORARY position, predictably to fudge the numbers in favor of business. GOP Capitalism, baby.

No rules.

Her lying about science was the problem

[SmaryJerry]

How could you ever trust her to tell the truth on her research again?

Re:There's a family connection

[_merlin]

I think you missed the sarcasm. The US likes to pretend to be a meritocracy, while still having these "old boys networks", political families like the Bushes, and every other kind of nepotism and cronyism.