It started off with Elizabeth Holmes being childhood friends with Tim Draper&#x27;s daughter:<p><pre><code>    Timothy Draper, the well-known venture capitalist,
    had been a neighbor when the Holmeses lived in
    California. The children played together. “I gave
    her her first million bucks to get the business
    going,” Mr. Draper says.  
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<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;12&#x2F;20&#x2F;business&#x2F;theranos-founder-faces-a-test-of-technology-and-reputation.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;12&#x2F;20&#x2F;business&#x2F;theranos-founder-...</a><p>And it doesn&#x27;t hurt that her family is ridiculously well connected, or that Holmes is obviously an incredibly intelligent person...It just seems like the technology simply didn&#x27;t pan out, and she was never able to say &#x27;¯\_(ツ)_&#x2F;¯ sorry guys, no dice.&#x27;