Aly Rahmatullah Ms. Heeg Introduction to Business 20 December 2015 Elon Musk Did you know that the founder of Tesla was born in South Africa? Did you also know that Elon Musk taught himself computer programming at the age of 12? As a child, Elon Musk spent at least a minimum five hours reading every single day. In this paper you will learn about Elon Musk’s childhood, how he became an entrepreneur, and what he offered. Elon Musk was born on June 28th, 1971 in Pretoria, South Africa. He has a younger
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Introduction Can you name anything that Elon Musk, Hilary Clinton, Jodie Foster, and Russell Crowe have in common? According to Myers Briggs type indicator, they are all INTJ’s. I just took the test and discovered that I am also an INTJ and that INTJ’s only make up about 2.9% of the population. Elon Musk is someone I didn’t know too much before I took Myers Briggs test, but soon realized how cool he made INTJ’s seem. You will discover many great contributions Elon Musk made to the world, my MBTI results
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...............Page 9 A. The Global Auto Industry B. Tesla: The Innovative Disrupter C. Sparking the Electric Revolution IV. The Man Behind the Machine...................................................................................Page 12 A. Elon Musk B. Entrepreneur from the Start C. Space X V. Tesla Motors Overview...............................................................................................Page 15 A. Company Offerings B. Phase I. Roadster C. Phase II. Models S and X 2 D.
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TESLA MOTORS SWOT Analysis Anandita Jindal Tesla Motors is a car company that designs, manufactures and sells electric vehicles. Ian Wright, JB Straubel, Marc Tarpenning, Martin Eberhard and most notably Elon Musk founded this public company in 2003. Its headquarters is located in Palo Alto, California, with its main production plant in Fremont, California. The company was named after Nikola Tesla, a renowned electrical engineer and physicist. Its goal is to increase the number of EV’s (Electric
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electric car” SWOT Strengths CEO (Elon Musk) compares Tesla to the marine corp saying like the marines, tesla only recruits the best CEO has good track record, founded PayPal and SpaceX as well as being a car enthusiast Tesla will only sell electric cars and nothing else, no hybrids, diesel, or ethanol Tesla Superchargers (charging stations) are 16 times faster than other public charging stations Weaknesses CEO Elon Musk is CEO of tesla as well as SpaceX which can be stressful and risky as
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Topics, Issues, and Controversies in Corporate Governance and Leadership S T A N F O R D C L O S E R L OO K S E R I E S stanford closer look series 1 Tesla Motors: The Evolution of Governance From Inception to IPO Tesla Motors In June 2010, Tesla Motors raised over $225 million in an initial public offering that valued the electric car manufacturer at $2 billion. It was the first time a U.S. automobile company went public since Ford Motor in 1956. The evolution of Tesla—first incorporated
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All the breathless coverage of Elon Musk’s Powerwall battery brouhaha last night is missing the most important thing: a sober discussion of real-world costs. So let’s take a look at the costs and see if this world-shaking, game-changing innovation really makes any sense. Musk said Tesla’s 7 kwh capacity battery would cost $3,000, while the 10 kwh capacity one would be $3,500. (That doesn’t include the cost of a DC-AC inverter – about $2,000– plus professional installation.) The implication is
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not appear to be any existing technology approved for use in the human body utilizing this method. Finally, we must consider Elon Musk’s credentials, particularly in medical research, and also make previous bold claims in his other ventures such as SpaceX and even Tesla. One example here is his plans to fly to Mars by 2018. A more relevant claim to this case was when Musk announced in 2017 his intention to bring this technology to market within four
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Brendan Saur Karina Lakhman Chris Musk Josh Caldwell 2 Table of Contents : Executive Summary ……………………………………………... 3 Introduction …………………………………………………….... 4 - - - - - - Mission Statement ……………………………………. 4 Company History & Present Situation ……………… 5 Elon Musk’s History ………………………………….. 6 Business Model & Retail Strategy ……………….
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Macro-Leadership and Micro-Leadership Leadership, Change & Responsibility – Assignment MSM MBA - Intake 17/ Group 3 Tuan DO Diah MINTARSIH Chau TRAN Truc-M. NGUYEN SUMMARY Macro-Leadership: Vision Macro-Leadership: Vision • Focuses on vision, long-term strategy and future planning. • Enables and encourages transformational change. • Is ready to take big risk in favor of the strategy & vision. • Innovative approach & willingness for disruptive change • Extrovert generalist
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