How Elizabeth Holmes Can Save Theranos

In his 2005 Stanford University commencement speech, Steve Jobs Opens a New Window. described the very public humiliation of being ousted from Apple. “It was awful tasting medicine but I guess the patient needed it,” he said. “Sometimes, life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.”

That “brick” led to the founding of NeXT and Pixar, falling in love with his future wife Laurene and ultimately returning to resuscitate Apple. “I’m pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn’t been fired from Apple,” he said. “I didn’t realize it at the time, but [it] was the best thing that could have happened to me.”

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