

We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. At the same time, due to money issues, he made a handshake deal with Larry page for Google to buy Tesla.We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. Musk took people from every corner of the company and put them in sales.After the successful launch of the Model S, Tesla was soon back on the brink of bankruptcy but went ahead with expanding their charging power grid.Tesla was able to wow many large auto manufacturers like Daimler and GM and secured some money.Then turned to Apple's Tony Fidel and Franz Von Hofhausen Brought in Fisker to help with the model S design but soon after Fisker released his own hybrid.Managerial style is to get people to own their commitments.

Martin Eberhard founded Tesla and helped it get off its feet.This last launch was the last one thy could afford It took 3 nerve racking failures before a success. The falcon 1 finally launched on March 2006 but ended up crashing.He pushes himself and his people beyond their limits and often caused rifts with his employee Musk has superhuman energy, endurance and curiosity.There was a coup where he was replaced by thiel as CEO His role is a bit controversial as his combative style pissed off a lot of people but he clearly was one of the cofounders. After selling zip2 (google maps and yelp combo), he started x.com which would eventually become PayPal.Could enter a trance mode when he was thinking or reading. Musk had a pretty rough childhood in South Africa - father did some sort of psychological abuse.His driving mission for everything is increasing the collective consciousness and enlightenment.Leaves very little time to decompress, works from LA and SF every week, employees oddly loyal due to his vision and drive although he berated them, gulfs down food, big presence,.Ashlee was turned down initially by Musk but kept pestering him and eventually he agreed to help with the book.
