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Theonos - A New Narrative of a Brilliant Woman of the Old Story

Theonos was started by elizabeth holmes when she was 19 years old. She raised hundreds of ions of dollars to manufacture those tiny tubes and struck deals to ship them to pharmacies across america. By two thousand 15 the company was valued at nine billion dollars, and miss holmes was a media darling. A year later, the company fell apart, and a new narrative took hold in books, many series and forthcoming, big budget film that trail blazing.

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