• SuperSleuth@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    This post is absolutely stupid, but keeps getting reposted because people have a hate boner for Elon Musk.

    Tesla started in July 2003, Elon invested $6.5 Million in February 2004. That makes him a co-founder. Their first electric car was released in 2008 with Elon as CEO.(1)

    You don’t get a startup to the seventh most valuable company by being lazy or lucky.(2)

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        1 year ago

        Yes an investor. Yet, Elon became the largest shareholder when he did invest and actively helped in development/decision-making of the first car. Take off your shit tinted glasses for a second and be rational.

        He became chairman in 2004 are you saying that’s after Tesla was widely successful? When he won the Global Green for the roadster are you saying some random investor would get that?

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      1 year ago

      Thank you for this post. Musk might be a piece of shit but you don’t build/grow several game changing companies by ‘just funding’ while being incompetent.