"The company made $4 Billion in profits last year. Where is my share?"
I fail to see why this is not a valid question.
It turned out that the idea was completely unworkable and impossible,
The idea is completely workable and possible, just not yet. Companies like Abbott and Siemens are invested heavily in improving point of care patient testing using rapid testing on miniature devices of small amounts of blood.. A lot of their goals for the future sound like what Theranos was claiming to be able to do today.
Having been thru two layoffs- there *is* no family- that's a fiction they burn to the ground when it suits them.
Reminds me of the management mania to "work like the Japanese" back in the '80s. Loyalty, sing the company song, calisthenics in the parking lot. But when I said, "Cool - so lifetime employment with no layoffs?" the tune changed quickly.
If it can happen to him it can happen to anyone.
If Jesus himself appeared with a halo and told me to delete files, I would ask for two factor authentication.
"Show business is just like high school, except you get paid." - Martin Mull