http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2016/06/01/from-4-5-billion-to-nothing-forbes-revises-estimated-net-worth-of-theranos-founder-elizabeth-holmes/#11caa1342f29A spectacular example of a startup managing to sell a good story to convince investors to dole out hundreds of millions of dollars without bothering to find out if the product actually works. Just last year Holmes was named one of the world's most influential people by TIME, she socialized with the Clintons etc. And it was all founded on BS.