&gt; if the startup bubble pops<p>Therano&#x27;s problems neither indicate a &quot;startup bubble&quot; exists nor would it pop it if there was a bubble. The bay area economy is larger than the economies many countries and one company that doesn&#x27;t yet have significant revenues doesn&#x27;t have make much of an impact. Theranos isn&#x27;t the Bear Sterns of San Francisco. The problem many troubled unicorns face is that they guaranteed results to get high valuations in their late stage investor financing. Their problems are exactly that, just their problems.