Elon Musk

[TEG]

Silicon Challenge #11: Elon Musk vs. Meg Whitman - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal

 

[immel5]

Elon Musk on techcrunch 2011
Elon Musk: Starting A Company Is Like Staring Into The Face Of Death | TechCrunch

Not a lot of new information though for those who watch him.

 

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As we get closer to the Oct 1st re-debut of the Model S we will see more press on Tesla as they make themselves available for interviews.

And you get fluff pieces like this:

http://www.businessinsider.com/elon...-kids-are-too-soft-to-be-entrepreneurs-2011-9

 

[bonnie]

As we get closer to the Oct 1st re-debut of the Model S we will see more press on Tesla as they make themselves available for interviews.

And you get fluff pieces like this:

http://www.businessinsider.com/elon...-kids-are-too-soft-to-be-entrepreneurs-2011-9

Definitely off-message, definitely has a good point. I have spent a fair amount of time working with technology assists for kids with dsylexia & other challenges - the interesting thing is that a larger number than the general population go on to be successful entrepreneurs. The theory (and one that I totally subscribe to) is that those who have to learn how to scramble/adapt/flex to make it through the day are more likely to make their own rules in life, including career choices.

 

[immel5]

no big news about tesla but still a very interesting Q&A with elon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K8NkJpUei4&feature=player_embedded

could somebody explain the functional principle of his prefabricated highway sections idea at minute 18,10?
didn't quite get that one.

 

[TEG]

Streetsblog Los Angeles Schwarzenegger Proposes Making the 405 a Double Decker Freeway

...“This is why it is so important because we have this bumper-to-bumper traffic to go and build an extra lane and build out the 405 freeway,” Schwarzenegger said at a news conference at a Caltrans construction yard along Mulholland Drive. “And hopefully, eventually, we will build on top of the 405 Freeway because I think we need another freeway on top of the existing one.” ...

I assume they mean pre-fab metal sections that can be stacked over the existing freeway without having to widen it. Like they do on double decker bridges where top and bottom flow in different directions.

Time to buy aluminum stock?

Hopefully aluminum structures would be more earthquake safe than cement...
Cypress Street Viaduct - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[TEG]

 

[doug]

As Documentary Rolls Out, Elon Musk Considers His Revenge - NYTimes.com

 

[Mycroft]

Mr. Musk was no less complimentary toward the purely electric version of the Chevrolet Spark subcompact, announced last week.
“They probably should have aimed higher,” he said.

Boy is that an understatement!

 

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Boy is that an understatement!

Would like to hear what he is saying behind closed doors.

 

[raymond]

Would like to hear what he is saying behind closed doors.

Elon would not be bothered to even look - let alone comment on - what GM in doing in Elon's rear view mirror.

 

[Mycroft]

Very friendly article pointed out on the Tesla Facebook page:

WSJ: Shooting for the Stars - Oct 28, 2011

It's one thing to imagine a spaceship, another to see, a few steps away from Musk's desk, the Dragon capsule scorched from its fiery descent from space. His company, SpaceX, built the Dragon and it blasted off on its first try in December 2010, orbited the earth and plopped down into the Pacific Ocean, and now here it is.

Musk launched SpaceX in 2002 and built and designed his own engines from scratch. "I'm head engineer and chief designer as well as CEO, so I don't have to cave to some money guy," he says. He launched his rocket with a team of eight in the control room, instead of dozens. The result: He's offering to send a 10,000-pound payload to geosynchronous orbit for $60 million (compared to an industry standard many tens of millions higher).

To put it simply, Musk is dreaming bigger and further into the future than anyone else out there, and he's putting his money where his mouth is. Just three years ago his first three rockets had failed and Tesla was nearly bankrupt. Instead of retrenching, he fired Tesla's CEO, took on the role himself and poured his remaining cash—some $75 million in all—into the company. Today SpaceX is profitable, and SolarCity, he says, is "cash positive." (He says Tesla will be too, once the new model is out.)

 

[Norbert]

Very friendly article pointed out on the Tesla Facebook page:

And not just an article... it is the Wall Street Journal's Innovator of the Year award, 2011, in the category technology.

 

[immel5]

bloomber Interview 28/10/11

Elon gave another Bloomberg interview two days ago. Dont know why, but I got the impression he isnt overly afraid of BYD:wink:

Tesla Should Be Profitable in 2013, CEO Musk Says - Video - Bloomberg

 

[doug]

Elon with Bob Lutz on Charlie Rose last night:

Charlie Rose - Robert A. Lutz & Elon Musk

Not sure I've seen him wear a tie before.

 

[Lloyd]

Not sure I've seen him wear a tie before.

He does not look happy about it!

 

[TEG]

...Not sure I've seen him wear a tie before.

???

 

[doug]

D'oh

Suppose I should have said I don't often see him in a tie, since mild sarcasm is often lost in text.

 

[dpeilow]

???

Thanks Captain Obvious :biggrin:


Elon has 3 ties. In the third picture he was heading off to a funeral.

 

[NigelM]

Elon has 3 ties.

Or ummm, actually, lots of them: