emily: elizabeth holmes. steve: yes. elizabeth holmes.teenager, she started the company with great passion. i remember my partner tim saying, in the very first meeting, she is like steve jobs. this is long before she was wearing the black turtlenecks. i did not see what he was referring to. i even wrote it down on a piece of paper to remind myself that he said that. but it was fascinating. she had that mesmerizing zeal to revolutionize. she was not calling it phlebotomy at that time, but the entire field of medicine, there were these special kinds of needles. we were the very first check. we wrote a $500,000 check before anyone else. but she has been somewhat independent and has been going at it on her own. so i don't have the answer to your question. emily: you guys have such a tough job, because you want to invest in breakthrough technology. how do you, at the earliest stages, separate something possible from something impossible? steve: there are people walking in our door every week, every day sometimes -- but certainly a week does no

emily: elizabeth holmes. steve: yes. elizabeth holmes.teenager, she started the company with great passion. i remember my partner tim saying in the first meeting, she is like steve jobs. this is long before she was wearing the black turtlenecks. i did not see what he was referring to. i even wrote it down on a piece of paper to remind myself that he said that. but it was fascinating. she had that mesmerizing zeal to revolutionize. she was not calling it phlebotomy at that time, but the entire field of medicine, there were these special kinds of needles. we were the very first check. we wrote a $500,000 check before anyone else. but she has been somewhat independent and has been going at it on her own. so i don't have the answer to your question. emily: you guys have such a tough job, because you want to invest in breakthrough technology. how do you, at the earliest stages, separate something possible from something impossible? steve: there are people walking in our door every week, every day sometimes -- but certainly a week does not go b

what do you think about elizabeth holmes? anne: i have spent a lot of time with her.ave a lot of respect or her mission in. i have stayed out of knowing the details of it. i think health care is changing quite a bit. people are always going to be skeptical. the onus is on us to be very transparent. emily: i understand what she is trying to do. after 12 years, should it be more involved at this point? anne: i can walk into any center and i don't need a physician. i can just get my information. i think people just want to see and understand the technology and understand the data. people are making life-and-death calls based on this data. they want to understand the why. emily: this is a $10 billion company. do you think it's a fraud? anne: i'm sure it's possible. everything i know, she works incredibly hard. i have seen her discipline and how much she is working. i'm not close enough to the company to know about the technology. it's what everybody wants to know. everybody is excited about the potential and what that technology actually is. emily: how do you walk that li

what do you think about elizabeth holmes, and the situation that is unfolding with theranos? i know elizabeth. i have spent a lot of time with her. i have a lot of respect for her mission, and what she is trying to do. but i have stayed out of knowing the details of it. i think health care is changing quite a bit. people are always going to be skeptical. it is on us to be really transparent. emily: i understand healthcare, and what she is trying to do is hard. but, after 12 years, does it seem like it should be more evolved at this point? anne: i'm hugely supportive of the idea that i can walk into any center, and i don't need a an physician. and i can just have a finger prick, and can just get my information. i think people just want to see and understand the technology and understand the data. i get the concern. people are making life-and-death calls based on this data. they want to understand the why of how these things are happening. emily: the thing is this is a $10 billion company. people think it's a fraud. do you think it's a fraud? do you think it's possible, what she

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