Jobs, is a legend.
But other versions of "Jobs" are mostly liars.
In the United States, there is a "female version of Jobs".
In his sophomore year, he graduated from Stanford University and started from scratch in Silicon Valley.
At the age of 30, she became forbes the world's youngest female billionaire, worth more than $6 billion, and the company's market value was as high as $9 billion.
Become an entrepreneurial goddess surrounded by global financial giants.
She is the founder of the blood testing company Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes.
Elizabeth Holmes (center) talks with Clinton and Jack Ma
The beginning is magical, and the overthrow is even more magical.
In 2015, the Wall Street Journal exposed her firm's insider story, and her core business was suspected of fraud.
Countless doubts swept in, and she quickly fell to the altar.
Earlier this year, after being investigated and tried, she was convicted that:
There are four counts of fraud that will face up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine
From a famous school bully, to an entrepreneurial idol, to a fraud criminal, what has she experienced?
Recently, a new drama is based on her life, telling a dark story of inflated ambition and self-loss.
"Dropouts"
The Dropout
All success stems from a simple idea.
Elizabeth's entrepreneurial idea also sounds simple.
She claims to have invented a machine that changed the world:
With just one drop of blood drawn, hundreds of physiological indicators can be quickly detected to prevent diseases as early as possible.
Such an incredible technology has made countless people really believe.
And not only the blind followers, but even a bunch of financial giants and technology giants have been fooled around.
How exactly did the "female version of Jobs" do it?
This American drama "Dropout" is precisely to expose this mystery.
Elizabeth is played by the sexy and charming Hollywood "85 Flowers" Amanda Seyfried.
The story begins when she was a child.
She dreamed of becoming a successful entrepreneur and a billionaire since she was a child.
When he was young, he regarded Jobs as his idol.
Believe in your ability to change the world.
Of course, this kind of thinking is something that many people have when they are young.
It's just that in the setbacks of growth, a little bit is consumed, face reality.
But Elizabeth was different.
First of all, she is a true academic bully.
Since childhood, he has achieved top results, successfully admitted to the prestigious Stanford University, and also won a presidential scholarship.
When she first entered the university, she directly found the top professors in the industry to exchange topics.
Solving problems that graduate students could not solve, he joined the professor's team for the first time.
Secondly, she is the second generation of the real rich.
Both parents have brilliant and prominent family backgrounds on both sides.
Politics, business, and medicine have all produced many outstanding talents.
Elizabeth, on the other hand, was well-known in her family and vast network, and had already done a good job in the two major skills of science and technology and medicine.
However, in the year she graduated from high school, she unfortunately encountered a family fall.
The company went bankrupt and the father lost his job.
This change also made Elizabeth's pursuit of success more determined
In the end, she was really desperate.
Elizabeth is extremely committed to her entrepreneurial dreams.
At the age of 7, she tried to design a "time machine". Although the idea is naïve, it has already revealed its ambition.
When she was in middle school, she set her life plan and work model for herself.
Study hard every day, learn late at night, sleep less, play less.
There is only one goal, to become a billionaire.
After entering the university, she devoted herself to innovation day and night.
And the idea is very bold.
I first wanted to create a patch that could detect and treat conditions at the same time.
After that, he came up with a "one-drop blood test" that directly detected hundreds of diseases.
I have to say that the vision is grand and very attractive.
Coupled with the support of professors, engineers, and parents around her, Elizabeth has embarked on the old path of all successful entrepreneurs.
Dropped out of Stanford.
Using tuition fees to start a business, he founded a company called "Theranos" (clinic).
She firmly believes that to be successful in starting a business, you must first drop out of school.
What is even more exaggerated is that at this time, she was only 19 years old.
At this point, the plot is completely an admirable inspirational story.
Elizabeth was the "other man's child."
But the next development, out of control.
Entrepreneurship must be successful, which is her life credo.
But the road to success requires countless tests, explorations, and studies.
Everything needs to be invested.
However, it is difficult for companies to raise research funds before the research results are obtained.
This is the paradox of technology entrepreneurship.
Therefore, all technology-based entrepreneurship, in the end, there is only one way left - to draw a big pie.
Draw a pie on the teacher first.
Use your excellence to please your teachers.
Then use the teacher's past missed the student to start a business, hit the teacher's regret.
Elizabeth used her wild and bold imagination to constantly provoke the dream of going to the sea in the teacher's heart.
In the end, he successfully persuaded him to escort his initial entrepreneurship.
Then draw a pie on the staff.
Elizabeth drew many of her Stanford classmates to the research team.
Constantly selling them ideals.
Inspire their enthusiasm and hard work to convince everyone that they will be able to succeed.
Finally, draw a big pie for investors.
The prototype is not yet, it doesn't matter.
The core technology has not been conquered, and it does not matter.
The feasibility analysis is not complete, let alone a matter.
The only key thing is that it means a lot.
She talked to the venture capitalists about how much of an impact the idea could have.
Not only can it break the monopoly of the two major blood companies, but it can also save countless American people.
Moving to understand the reason, industry changes and humanistic care are all related.
When the big guy heard it, he was moved.
I have to say that Elizabeth's ability to "draw cakes" is really first-class.
The bigger the pie, the more beautiful it sounds.
But the core problem is, you have to be able to make it.
Otherwise everything is nonsense.
Although Elizabeth received the initial investment, the research did not go well.
Until the beginning of the roadshow, the finger was poked and broken, and there was only one successful case of sepsis checked.
Seeing that the distance to success was almost a foot away, she made a dangerous move-
She used the data of the only successful time, pretending to be the results of the on-site test, and successfully deceived everyone present.
She used a "PPT" to convince all the big guys of her dream of "changing the world with one drop of blood".
As a result, the research has not yet borne fruit, tens of millions of funds have been in hand, and the company's reputation has been greatly enhanced.
Elizabeth then thoroughly understood that packaging was far more important than real materials.
She began to step up and continued to upgrade her packaging.
The early Elizabeth didn't look like a CEO at all.
Dress casually and speak softly.
She can't bring her own team well.
So Elizabeth changed her appearance from head to toe.
Wear a black turtleneck sweater and imitate idol Jobs.
Paired with flaming red lips and wide eyes, it is extremely threatening.
In addition, she deliberately lowered the voice line to make the voice thick and low.
In her own view, that is "the mark of a successful person".
Initially, she aimed to change the world, assembling a group of talented people to form a team.
Later, she only wanted to win fame and fortune, and "drawing cakes" to more people was her means.
"A drop of blood changes the world" gradually becomes "change her world".
Entrepreneurs who were once full of ambition have also completely turned into self-interested liars.
Everyone believed that she had sincerely believed in a vision and threw herself into it to make it happen. But in the "unicorn" craze but gold rush, in her all-out pursuit to become Steve Jobs's second, there was a turning point when she stopped listening to wise advice and began to seek shortcuts.
Today, the infamous Elizabeth is a big liar through and through.
But maybe in the depths of her heart, she always believes that she can really change the world.
From the very beginning, she drew a largest pie.
And, convinced.
She named the prototype "Edison".
In the history of science, Edison was actually a well-known "liar".
At that time, when Edison told the public that he had developed an incandescent lamp, he had not yet made it.
Not only did the demonstration fake, but later in order to cover up the facts, he also used stocks to block the reporter's mouth.
Edison famously said:
"Pretend until you succeed."
In the four years since, he has really immersed himself in research and studied incandescent lamps.
As a result, his trick was widely circulated in later generations.
Unfortunately, Elizabeth only learned the first half of the sentence, but did not do the second half.
She hadn't thought about it at all, what if she didn't succeed?
She put almost all of her energy into publicity and sales.
Not only did he pull in executives and celebrities from all walks of life to endorse him, but he also used all means to publicize himself.
For a long time, everyone believed in her "one drop of blood to change the world" concept.
The story of genius is always loved by people.
She is believed to be a transformative in medicine.
As for the development of products, it has encountered various problems that cannot be overcome.
On the one hand, there is too little blood to complete the test.
Elizabeth, on the other hand, was obsessed with small instruments, and complex blood tests could not be completed.
In order to cover up this fact to the public, Elizabeth went further and further down the road of "counterfeiting".
For example, machines simply can't complete the hundreds of checks they promised.
So they bought Siemens' machine for blood tests and tricked consumers into saying that they were tested by "Edison".
Another example is that the amount of blood tested is not enough.
They will dilute the blood with water in the blood.
This outrageous operation, at a glance, you can see that the error rate is extremely high
But Elizabeth didn't care about these tactics at all.
She has always believed that she will be able to succeed and change the world.
What I am doing must be a great cause that benefits all mankind.
Therefore, those who have communicated with her will be impressed by her "sincerity".
Whether it's an ordinary employee, or a business tycoon.
Even many politicians.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Secretary of Defense James Mattis, and others.
Just because, she's so confident.
The strong beliefs emanating from her whole body make it difficult to question.
Unfortunately, the cause she is struggling for is not as simple as a light bulb.
And this work is closely related to human health and life.
That's why after the deception was revealed, everyone hated her so much.
Elizabeth thought she was doing good, but she was actually hurting those she wanted to protect.
Because Elizabeth's story is too magical, too amazing.
"Dropouts" is not the only film adaptation of the event.
Later, there will be "big cousin" Jennifer Lawrence starring in the film version.
The focus of the whole story is not only about Elizabeth as a person.
It's more about the dark humanity of chasing vanity in that crazy era of technology entrepreneurship.
Humans love geniuses and crave miracles.
But more than "miracles," we should be wary of terrible horrible scams in the name of miracles.