Theranos, Fyre, and the dangers of confusing vision with mission

My parents were entrepreneurs, the unaccomplished kind residing in the white space of survivor bias, never appearing in HBR articles and McKinsey case studies. The bloody corpse of their business and their likes fertilize the ground upon which your empires of prosperity now stand. Like all entrepreneurs they have an ability to spot and visualize … Continue reading Theranos, Fyre, and the dangers of confusing vision with mission

How Theranos shut down my critical thinking

I distinctly remember that my first reaction to the indicting WSJ report on Theranos was to come to its defence. Naysayers standing in the way of progress. Vultures capitalizing on the vicissitudes of a start-up lifecycle. In hindsight, it was a total failure of critical thinking. With no skin in the game, with zero understanding … Continue reading How Theranos shut down my critical thinking