“I calculated the backstop value, and it was something like fifty cents on the dollar, while the actual debt was trading at… — Ashlee Vance Copy Share Image
“Later in life, as I competed against the banks, I would think back to this moment, and it gave me confidence. All… — Ashlee Vance Confidence Copy Share Image
“Rarely did Tesla get hung up overanalyzing a situation. The company would pick a plan of attack, and when it failed at… — Ashlee Vance Copy Share Image
“At Tesla, there was no history, no baggage. There was just a vision of products that could change the world. Who wouldn’t… — Ashlee Vance Change the world Copy Share Image
“I might have fixed that thing but now I’ve made the person unproductive. It just wasn’t a good way to go about… — Ashlee Vance Copy Share Image
“People had thrown money at green technology because it seemed like the right thing to do, not because it made business sense.” — Ashlee Vance Business Copy Share Image
“would place this urgency that he expected the revenue in ten years to be ten million dollars a day and that every… — Ashlee Vance Copy Share Image
“These efforts began in earnest on October 18, 2004, and, rather remarkably, four months later, on January 27, 2005, an entirely new… — Ashlee Vance Copy Share Image
“His next move had to be either in solar or in space. “He said, ‘The logical thing to happen next is solar,… — Ashlee Vance Money Copy Share Image
“Here was a guy who had taken much of the Silicon Valley ethic behind moving quickly and running organizations free of bureaucratic… — Ashlee Vance Breakthroughs Copy Share Image
“SpaceX, for example, would have written down all the steps needed to replace a filter—put on gloves, wear safety goggles, remove a… — Ashlee Vance Space Copy Share Image
