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kevinpet on Oct 10, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Major Investor Sues Theranos

I think it's about being able to say "we weren't idiots who couldn't figure out if it was a good investment, we were straight up lied to".

matt-attack on Oct 11, 2016 [–]

Unfortunately the key skill in being an investor like this is to be able to make the right decisions in the face of being lied to. In other words, being lied to simply isn't an excuse.

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