It didn't take long
for Musk to go on to delete Tesla's Facebook page, noting that the page «looks lame anyway.»
Their admiration
for Musk's efforts notwithstanding, I can't help but think a Tesla will be out of place in an educational program about the polar ice caps — especially since it looks like the car is driving across them in the video.
A little over a year after Henrik Fisker did design work
for Musk's company, Tesla sued Fisker (Jalopnik called it the world's most expensive girl fight) for breach of contract and allegedly using the design work to raise funds from venture capitalists and launch a company.
But it would be possible
for Musk and Apple to take Tesla private together, allowing Musk to keep his ownership of part of the company intact.
A well - known industry insider warned us not to fall
for Musk's smooth talk.
Click the image for «M is
for Musk Oxen» on Discovery Education (password protected streaming video).
It didn't take long
for Musk to respond.
Another concern
for Musk is climate change, which had driven his projects around renewable energy and electric cars.
The deal received criticism from some analysts and investors, a few of whom saw it as a bailout
for Musk's associates.
Though the dust has settled, Murray still posed what he called «legitimate questions»
for Musk and Tesla during CNBC's «Closing Bell.»
Orders that 400,000 people have been waiting years
for Musk to fill.
He recently offered to rebuild the Puerto Rico power grid using solar panels, which prompted Governor Ricardo Rossello to give Musk a chance to talk about making the island the flagship project
for Musk's alternative energy efforts.
Five percent, or about $ 2 billion, gone in the time it took
for Musk to insult his money men.
However ubiquitous they may be, there aren't nearly enough of
them for Musk's needs.
One model
for Musk could be Amazon, whose $ 177 billion of expected 2017 revenue would mark a 12-fold increase from 2007.
For Musk, the harder thing to do would be to swear off Instagram, which Facebook owns and which he loves.
In what would become a recurring theme
for Musk, he finished one venture and immediately dove into a new, harder, more complex one.
The challenge
for Musk and SpaceX, he said, is finding a way to create reusable rockets.
Here is his work in 1867, revealing more of his vision and skill, maybe like Virgin Records for Branson or Paypal
for Musk.
A spokesman
for Musk did not immediately respond to emailed questions on Thursday.
For Musk's mission to help improve access to fresh food across America, that has meant making sure he can see results from the non-profit, community - oriented part of The Kitchen.
I was asked recently whether it was appropriate
for Musk to pursue his idealistic goals at Tesla.
It is certainly possible that Musk could see a «deal» to be made here: Trump supports a carbon tax in exchange
for Musk dumping his views on global warming.
The pay plan isn't new
for Musk.
And as with Google's Page, don't fret
for Musk.
For Musk to truly cash in to a tune of $ 50 billion, Tesla's market value must reach $ 650 billion.
Compare that with 90 percent
for Musk, 80 percent for Bezos, 91 percent for Microsoft's Satya Nadella, and 97 percent for Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg.
The quiet launch is uncharacteristic
for Musk, a master of hype who likes to tee up announcements days or weeks beforehand.
The new compensation package
for Musk encourages expanding the size of the company and growing Tesla's market value, but doesn't emphasize becoming profitable.
NASA themselves wants to send humans to Mars in the 2030s;
for Musk to outdo them with an earlier mission (a date of 2025 was touted) would be a significant coup for the decade - old company.
The symbolism on Earth is much more powerful, though, particularly
for Musk's personal image.
Though Tesla's current $ 53 billion market value would have to grow to $ 650 billion
for Musk to reap the full benefits of the compensation package.
If simultaneously shepherding three disruptive companies sounds tough, it's business as usual
for Musk.
Unfortunately
for Musk, it installed Mohr Davidow's Derek Proudian as CEO and promptly sold the company to Compaq.
Tesla's balance sheet also was a sore subject
for Musk.
And then there's his previous successes: eBay bought PayPal in 2002 for $ 1.5 billion, and Compaq paid $ 307 million
for Musk's media company Zip2 in March 1999, when he was just 27.)
However, Levchin adds that working with Musk — which is to say, working
for Musk — can be difficult.
The internet's gigantic appetite
for Musk news drove the story to spread before it could be properly fact checked.
The Ark Investment CEO isn't the only money manager with high expectations
for Musk and Tesla.
But in the case of all the pollutants except
for musks, the production of the pollutants ceased by 1986 at the latest, and the musks have been in constant production globally since the late 1980s.
Not exact matches
In late September, billionaire and SpaceX founder Elon
Musk debuted a fresh plan
for colonizing Mars with 1 million people.
Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon
Musk told an audience at South by Southwest that his timeline
for sending a space vehicle to Mars could mark its first milestone early next year.
The goal is to reach 5,000 per week no later than June 30, but in order to achieve that and allow
for a margin of error,
Musk is setting the new goal of 6,000 per week by that date.
However, a letter sent by Elon
Musk to employees reveals the real reason
for the pause in production: Tesla is upgrading the plant
for round the clock production from next week.
Nobel Prize - winning economist Paul Krugman revived the argument on Tuesday, chiding
Musk for dismissing Walker.
For all those people who wish that they could banish conference calls completely, this tip is for you: «Walk out of a meeting or drop off a call as soon as it is obvious you aren't adding value,» Musk advis
For all those people who wish that they could banish conference calls completely, this tip is
for you: «Walk out of a meeting or drop off a call as soon as it is obvious you aren't adding value,» Musk advis
for you: «Walk out of a meeting or drop off a call as soon as it is obvious you aren't adding value,»
Musk advised.
An ETF
for EV enthusiasts who want to avoid the Tesla /
Musk stress Jack Bogle just slammed ETFs (or at least, some of their investors)
While
Musk's stated reason
for the policy shift is to promote «the advancement of electric vehicle technology,» business analysts suggested that it was an economically necessary maneuver
for the company.
Part of why
Musk has so many supporters,
for example, is that his goals of colonizing Mars and moving the auto industry to renewable energy strike a deep idealistic chord
for many people.
And Tesla already offers its patents to anyone who asks — making it highly plausible that
Musk would agree to more information - sharing in return
for a vastly expanded market
for Tesla's cars.