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Re:Theranos Voids Two Years of Edison Blood-Test Results by ykl on Thursday May 19, 2016 @12:37AM (#11728000)
The key difference though, is Elon Musk brought in people that did have domain expertise to fill in the gaps. The overall vision is Elon Musk's, but he was smart enough to bring in industry veterans to help execute on that vision.

Theranos, on the other hand, appeared to not have done that. Or at least not on a scale necessary to succeed, especially in something like healthcare.

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Re:Theranos Voids Two Years of Edison Blood-Test Results by ghshephard on Thursday May 19, 2016 @04:09AM (#11728744)
Is there any evidence that Theranos didn't bring in the best people in the industry? They certainly had the money (and stature) to do so.
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Re:Theranos Voids Two Years of Edison Blood-Test Results by ykl on Thursday May 19, 2016 @04:31AM (#11728805)
Yes. Up until a few weeks ago, Theranos's board consisted of mostly ex-Pentagon and ex-Senators and such types [0]. Theranos did not have a medical advisory board until about a month ago, apparently.

Contrast with Elon Musk and SpaceX. One of Musk's first hires/co-founders for SpaceX was Tom Mueller, who at the time was already widely regarded as one of the best rocket engine designers in the world [1].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theranos#Governance

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Mueller

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