Speakers:
Elon Musk, CEO, Tesla Motors; CEO & CTO, SpaceX; Chairman, SolarCity
Moderator:
Michael Malone, Author; Columnist, The Economist, Wall Street Journal, and New York Times
By the age of 12 Elon Musk had sold his first commercial software, a space game called Blaster. Sixteen years later he sold his first company, Zip2, to Compaqs Alta Vista division for $341 million in cash and stock. His next act was as co-founder of PayPal, which was acquired by eBay for $1.5 billion in stock in 2002. Musk then turned his energy toward two notable new ventures: SpaceX, developer and manufacturer of space launch vehicles, and Tesla Motors, developer of high-end electric automobiles both of which were started in a downturn. What makes this visionary entrepreneur tick? Come and find out as he speaks with Michael Malone about innovation for the futures sake, business strategies to get there, how to make order out of chaos along the way, and more.
Duration : 1:32:59
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May 25th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
This interviewer …
This interviewer actually has some brains & needless to say the interviewee
has more than enough cells to power a Tesla car.
May 25th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
yah i counted right …
yah i counted right away as well and noticed 13. But yah very clever.
May 25th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
@insightllc It has …
@insightllc It has to do with the head of Tesla Motors Elon Musk getting a half billion dollar D.O.E. loan during a recession for kit cars on laptop batteries because he knows that Nikola Tesla caused the September 1899 Cape Yakataga and Yakutat Bay earthquakes from his Colorado Springs lab on…
September 3, 1899
September 6, 1899
September 9, 1899
“If you only knew the magnificence of the three, the six and the nine… then you would have a key to the universe.”
-Nikola Tesla
May 25th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
Yakutat Bay, Alaska …
Yakutat Bay, Alaska, USA (1899,September 3 and 10)
The largest vertical surface displacement caused by a single event occurred in this uninhabited region. The second of two earthquakes thrust underwater rocks 47 feet 4 inches (14 meters) above the sea. The Yakutat Glacier, which had been sliding downhill for almost 50 years, suddenly went in the opposite direction. The Hubbard Glacier broke and sent huge ice chunks into the bay. 150 miles away, the Muir Glacier shattered and began to retreat.
May 25th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
Clever guy but …
Clever guy but Churchill Club is 13 letters…
May 25th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
WTF did you just …
WTF did you just say? My point, if you had taken the time to read about any of this, is that the Baker Electric was the first mass produced electric vehicle, not the Tesla roadster or S sedan. PERIOD. I simply pointed out that Mr. Musk was incorrect when he made the statement that Tesla was first.
I don’t know what your idiotic diatribe is about.
May 25th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
it’s plausible for …
it’s plausible for ur knowledge on EV’s history, but don’t you think you are over sensitive on ppl talking? wat if the word “FIRST mass produced EV” is referring to century now? wat if the word “mass produced EV” is reffering to an enormous quantity that ever produced which overcome the quantity on Baker Electric in 1912, such words pointed out would not make you smarter than Elon. I just dun like catching keywords.
May 25th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
NikolA
NikolA
May 25th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
Thank you for …
Thank you for pointing that out, but I saw him say that we had production electric cars on David Letterman’s show not too long ago. Not only that but he points out that GM killed it’s own electric car program and had all of the cars crushed even though the test drivers loved the cars. Elon said that the cars’ drivers actually held a vigil for the lost cars! Now, sadly and maybe deservedly, GM could be headed to the scrap bin. Nearsighted, a lazy bureaucracy, and/or crooked?
May 25th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
he does some good …
he does some good but so did Bush..
Elon is unfortunately far from the good guy he likes to play for those that don’t know any better. he ousted Martin Eberhard who started Tesla Motors and now pretends he started it and other related lies. he sued Fisker frivolously to trip them up out of childish jealousy. it’s interesting to see how composite humans can be, being on the one hand talented and accomplished but on the other childishly petty and deceitful. don’t count on him for space or EV
May 25th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
Elon is incorrect …
Elon is incorrect about the model S being the first mass produced electric car. The Baker Electric was the first, in 1912. It had a top speed of 30 mph and a range of between twenty and thirty miles between charges.. That’s correct, 100 years ago there were electric cars people..Thank your local oil company (and crooked auto manufacturer) for killing the electric car 100 years ago. Don’t take my word for any of this.. Check it out yourself.
May 25th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
Well done Saffers !
Well done Saffers !
May 25th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
This guy is cool. I …
This guy is cool. I love it that he laughs, hes a breath of fresh air!
May 25th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
This guy is …
This guy is impressive.
May 25th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
i love you elon!
i love you elon!
May 25th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
To my question “why …
To my question “why did you name your car Tesla” you mentioned that another thought was to call if “Faraday”. I am very happy with your choice of the underrated genius Nicole Tesla – otherwise for some might be easy to crack to joke at your car “it does not go very Far A Day”….