https://padlet.com/ascollo/gzdwraoi98ra STEM research task en-us 2017-05-04 23:15:20 UTC 2026-03-17 08:22:45 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png ascollo https://padlet.com/ascollo/gzdwraoi98ra/wish/170069728 Elizabeth Holmes was born on February 3rd 1984. In Washington, DC, USA. Currently she is 33 years old.]]> 2017-05-04 23:24:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ascollo/gzdwraoi98ra/wish/170069728 ascollo https://padlet.com/ascollo/gzdwraoi98ra/wish/170071766 Elizabeth Anne Holmes is an American entrepreneur and inventor. She founded and now is the CEO of Theranos, which is a private company that holds blood tests. Located in California. ]]> 2017-05-04 23:43:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ascollo/gzdwraoi98ra/wish/170071766 ascollo https://padlet.com/ascollo/gzdwraoi98ra/wish/170072644 2017-05-04 23:51:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ascollo/gzdwraoi98ra/wish/170072644 ascollo https://padlet.com/ascollo/gzdwraoi98ra/wish/170073376 2017-05-05 00:00:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ascollo/gzdwraoi98ra/wish/170073376 ascollo https://padlet.com/ascollo/gzdwraoi98ra/wish/170073400 In 2001 Elizabeth applied for a place at Stanford University and she was named with a President's Scholar. She also studied Chemical Engineering. Later on in 2004 she dropped out of college using the tuition money to fund a consumer healthcare technology company ]]> 2017-05-05 00:00:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ascollo/gzdwraoi98ra/wish/170073400 ascollo https://padlet.com/ascollo/gzdwraoi98ra/wish/170073438 Holmes is famous for her failed blood testing company. She wanted to change the way blood tests work. Instead of having needles to draw blood she tried to have people prick their fingers and drop some blood to be sent to the labs. However later on when they were under investigation they discovered 15 of the 240 tests Theranos offers are conducted on the company's signature Edison machines, and the results were sometimes inaccurate This also put the patients health and safety in peril. Holmes net worth dropped to $0. She dropped the buisness and had to deal with things legally and financially.]]> 2017-05-05 00:01:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ascollo/gzdwraoi98ra/wish/170073438 ascollo https://padlet.com/ascollo/gzdwraoi98ra/wish/170073450 Elizabeth's contribution hasn't helped society. It was supposed to by changing blood tests by making them happen quickly, conveniently, and inexpensively. Her plan was to be able to have your finger pricked and a few drops of blood taken from you, (this was all to happen at a local pharmacy) your results are then sent to a lab before coming back to you. However her plan failed and her business lost money and shut down.]]> 2017-05-05 00:01:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ascollo/gzdwraoi98ra/wish/170073450 ascollo https://padlet.com/ascollo/gzdwraoi98ra/wish/170073478 - As a child Holmes learnt Mandarin and completed three years of summer language classes at Stanford University this happened before she graduated from high school.
- At just 9 years of age, she wrote a letter to her father saying, "What I really want out of life is to discover something new, something that mankind didn't know was possible to do."
- She was worth $4.5 billion however those numbers dropped.]]> 2017-05-05 00:01:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ascollo/gzdwraoi98ra/wish/170073478 ascollo https://padlet.com/ascollo/gzdwraoi98ra/wish/170078820 https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2016/10/08/bad-blood-the-decline-and-fall-of-elizabeth-holmes-and-theranos/#2ea3158ac335
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/15/blood-simpler
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/09/elizabeth-holmes-theranos-exclusive
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Holmes
http://money.cnn.com/2016/06/01/technology/elizabeth-holmes-theranos-forbes/
https://www.inc.com/larry-kim/21-surprising-facts-about-the-world-s-youngest-female-billionaire.html]]> 2017-05-05 00:47:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ascollo/gzdwraoi98ra/wish/170078820 ascollo https://padlet.com/ascollo/gzdwraoi98ra/wish/170095326 2017-05-05 04:11:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ascollo/gzdwraoi98ra/wish/170095326 ascollo https://padlet.com/ascollo/gzdwraoi98ra/wish/170095934 2017-05-05 04:19:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ascollo/gzdwraoi98ra/wish/170095934 ascollo https://padlet.com/ascollo/gzdwraoi98ra/wish/170096621 2017-05-05 04:30:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ascollo/gzdwraoi98ra/wish/170096621 https://padlet.com/ascollo/gzdwraoi98ra/wish/176821913 Looks great Alyssa!

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