Are you scared of needles? Do you try your best to avoid getting blood tests done? You’re not the only one perhaps.
As a teenager a certain Elizabeth Holmes also faced the same fear. It’s a different thing that she went out to become a billionaire thanks to that fear.
Also, she dropped out of studies when she was 19.
This makes for a fascinating story, isn’t it? At 31, she is the youngest self-made woman billionaire and all thanks to her fear for needles. This fear didn’t just help her, it has helped several people like herself who never used to get blood tests fearing the prick.
Now, available at a much lesser cost, her company Theranos, $9 billion has become a revolution in the medical world. Theranos does blood tests without a syringe, using a painless method to prick a finger instead of puncturing a vein.
So, with her mission of making blood tests painless on the body and on the pocket, this 31 year-old inspires!