and now she s a convicted felon who is facing up to 20 years behind bars. welcome back to unfiltered rise and fall of elizabeth holmes fascinating story kapght vatted nation and how was she tiebl fool sel con valley investors and society s elites for as long as she did? joining me now for perspective on this fascinating case is our panel former family friend and neighbor joseph and host of the next revolution steve hilton has inside knowledge of the workings of silicon valley steve i ll go to you first. listen these were smart people she fooled with a blood test technology steve. a lot of venture capitalist out there. but you know, i saw some of your notes before this explain how they work and why they need people like holmes and want to believe in people like holmes? that s exactly right dan. it is not some kind of unexpected they think that they fall for the hype. the entire venture capitol industry is built on hype and exaggeration i know that from personal experience.
next revolution steve hilton has inside knowledge of the workings of silicon valley steve i ll go to you first. listen these were smart people she fooled with a blood test technology steve. a lot of venture capitalist out there. but you know, i saw some of your notes before this explain how they work and why they need people like holmes and want to believe in people like holmes? that s exactly right dan. it is not some kind of unexpected they think that they fall for the hype. the entire venture capitol industry is built on hype and exaggeration i know that from personal experience. i ve been here now ten years i ve been around pitching to these venture capital term and worked for some of them. what they re looking for is that one in 100, one in a thousand company that s really huge, hay get pictures all the too many. ten a day, hundreds eve every year they re not making sure pictures are good or make sense they don t have time and they re not even interested.
next revolution steve hilton has inside knowledge of the workings of silicon valley steve i ll go to you first. listen these were smart people she fooled with a blood test technology steve. a lot of venture capitalist out there. but you know, i saw some of your notes before this explain how they work and why they need people like holmes and want to believe in people like holmes? that s exactly right dan. it is not some kind of unexpected they think that they fall for the hype. the entire venture capitol industry is built on hype and exaggeration i know that from personal experience. i ve been here now ten years i ve been around pitching to these venture capital term and worked for some of them. what they re looking for is that one in 100, one in a thousand company that s really huge, hay get pictures all the too many. ten a day, hundreds eve every year they re not making sure pictures are good or make sense they don t have time and they re not even interested.