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by sherinanigans 1410 days ago
Why doesn't Elizabeth Holmes start a new company? I bet she could get a lot of funding from her track record and learning from her mistakes.
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Because she's about to spend 20 years in jail?
she will, and she will be heavily funded. i'd love to invest in her next thing.
Because Adam Neumann, for some reason, is not going to jail, but remains free and rich.
Adam Neumann talked Softbank into willingly investing a whole bunch of money into WeWork at a valuation that was unlikely to be realized in all but the most optimistic scenarios. While Softbank could/should have been more prudent, being irrationally optimistic is not illegal. I don't understand why anyone would be willing to give him another shot given his track record, but I guess A16z is free to do with their money as they please.

Elizabeth Holmes endangered the public by knowingly selling them fake blood test results, which is a crime. That is why she is in jail and Neumann is not.

No, she’s in jail for defrauding investors.

No one cared about any actual humans, just a few dragons hoarding gold who were duped.

Actually, she is in jail for wire fraud, not because she sold fake blood test results. I think she claimed contracts that did not exist, among other things. Reading this thread, it doesn’t sound like Adam Neumann did this
She's actually out on bond. Sentencing is scheduled for October 17, 2022.