Comment by geezerjay
8 years ago
> However, I read her bio and she was a genius on par with Jobs.
In short, why do you believe that Steve Jobs was remotely close to being a genius, and what made Elizabeth Holmes do to lead you to believe she also met you definition of a genius?
https://www.wsj.com/video/reporting-on-theranos-and-elizabet...
At 4:00 in this video they talk about Holmes fake "deep voice". I think its pretty clearly her fraud tendencies run really really deep. I don't think you could trust anything you think makes her a genius. The only things we actually know about her is that she could get into Standford, where she dropped out. She could also raise money really well.
I don't think she is by any means dumb. But there is absolutely no evidence of genius.
Funny, lowering the pitch of your voice is a tropey power move that gets zero criticism when practiced by men.
Any "tropey power move" should be criticized.
Didn't you just criticize it by the category? When I was raising capital I definitely heard VC's making fun of men who spoke in a false voice, practiced their handshake, or artificially held eye contact way too long.
I'm fine if you want to say my criticism of Holmes is influenced by sexism.
But to make the statement that men speaking in a stupid fake voice get zero criticism... is hyperbole to point ridiculousness.
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>> gets zero criticism when practiced by men
This was literally made fun of in a meeting two days ago for a vendor I work with.