> What just amazed me is how gullible all the investors were, and how they didn't do due diligence, hire outside experts, or anything. Weird.

What's interesting with Theranos is the composition of it's board... It's exclusively older men with little to no expertise on the subject matter (Channing Robertson might be an exception to the latter rule). Not a single rising female Silicon Valley executive or professor was invited to join, which is surprising considering how much she was advocating for more women in SV.

Maybe she knew that female executives and founders wouldn't have the same reaction to a wide eyed conventionally attractive 19 years old blonde as the 40+ years old men she was used to "deal" with...

I mean, we all know how Marissa Mayer got the job...