[sobkas]

Also Theranos was do-or-die and we know how it ended.

[infecto]

I fail to see what that has to do with this?

[sobkas]

Just because something is in do-or-die situation doesn't mean that they have some kind of magical advantage over fat cat. Being in that situation means there is very real possibility of doing "die" part and we have lots of examples of them doing so.

[postflopclarity]

very different; not a relevant comparison