Elizabeth Holmes

No one thinks of the lab-testing experience as positive. It should be! One way to create that is to help people engage with the data once their physicians release it. You can't do that if you don't really understand why you're getting certain tests done and when you don't know what the results mean when you get them back. ”

I grew up in a family of people who wanted to make a difference in the world. ”

When I thought about having the greatest impact with my life, I thought about all the times people lose loved ones because diseases weren't detected early enough. I thought, 'I can play a role there.' ”

Every time you create something new, there should be questions. And to me, that's a sign that you've actually done something that is transformative. ”

The art of phlebotomy originated with bloodletting in 1400 B.C., and the modern clinical lab emerged in the 1960s - and it has not fundamentally evolved since then. You go in, sit down, they put a tourniquet on your arm, stick you with a needle, take these tubes and tubes of blood. ”

What matters is how well we do in trying to make people's lives better. That's why I'm doing this. That's why I work the way that I work. And that's why I love what I'm doing so much. ”

Today, blood work and science are able to provide more of a movie of your health, identifying trends before they become an issue. ”

My father did a lot of disaster relief work, and he was always in places where there was a lot of pain. ”

I work all the time, and I'm basically in the office from the time I wake up and then working until I go to sleep every day. ”