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Inside Theranos: Management and Leadership Problems
What happened with Theranos will remain one of the best examples of how corporate greed and misplaced hype can cost billions of dollars while endangering […]
The Problem with the Edison and MiniLab Devices of Theranos
Elizabeth Holmes had a proposition when she founded Theranos in 2003. She aimed to disrupt the multi-billion dollar blood testing industry and revolutionize the healthcare […]
Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos Scandal Explained
Blood extraction is uncomfortable for some people. Processing it is also tedious. Hence, when Theranos was founded in 2003, it promised an almost pain-free and […]
LibreOffice Pros and Cons: Better Microsoft Alternative?
Microsoft Office and Microsoft 365 remain the dominant productivity software suite. There are also several free alternatives that have emerged over the years. Examples include […]
Advantages and Disadvantages of Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Corporation introduced its proprietary business communication platform Microsoft Teams in March 2017 as part of the entire Microsoft 365 line of software products and […]
The 6 Pillars of Food Security: A Definition of Food Security
Coming up with the most accurate and relevant technical definition of food security involved several iterations and contemplations. The World Food Conference held in 1974 […]
Food Insecurity vs Food Scarcity vs Food Shortage
Discussions about food security and food crisis often come with terms such as food insecurity, food scarcity, and food shortage. Some might even find these […]
Causes of Food Shortage: Identified and Explained
Food security is essential to economic growth and the national interest of a particular country. The Committee on World Food Security of the United Nations […]
Hedonic Adaptation Explained: Running on a Hedonic Treadmill
People tend to quickly return to a relatively stable level of happiness despite major positive or negative events or changes in their lives. This is […]