Fake It: The Impostor Founders

Founders as agents of their own investors: Elizabeth Holmes faked the product, Luckin Coffee faked the revenue. How the hype compounds, how due diligence fails, and how both houses of cards came down.

Playlist by @agency_problem

11 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. Theranos – Silicon Valley’s Greatest Disaster — ColdFusion
2. Elizabeth Holmes & The Theranos Deception | 60 Minutes Archive — 60 Minutes
3. Elizabeth Holmes exposed: The $9 billion medical ‘miracle’ that never existed | 60 Minutes Australia — 60 Minutes Australia
4. UPDATE: Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to 11 years in jail | 60 Minutes Australia — 60 Minutes Australia
5. Ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes says 'I don't know' 600+ times in depo tapes: Nightline Part 2/2 — ABC News
6. Elizabeth Holmes: The 'Valley of Hype' behind the rise and fall of Theranos [documentary] — Yahoo Finance
7. The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley (2019) | Official Trailer | HBO — HBO
8. 'The Dropout' Part 1: Where ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes got her start — ABC News
9. Luckin Coffee Fraud Explained — Wall Street Millennial
10. Luckin Coffee Fraud Explained! What ACTUALLY Happened! — The Financial Controller
11. How Luckin Coffee Defrauded $864 Million — Logically Answered