Elon Musk Is First Recipient of “FiRe Entrepreneur of the Year” Award
9 June 2009The Future in Review (FiRe) global technology conference announced this week that Elon Musk, CEO & CTO, SpaceX; CEO & Product Architect, Tesla; and Chairman, SolarCity, has been named “FiRe Entrepreneur of the Year.” The award was presented live at the conference in San Diego, California, on May 21, 2009, by Mark Anderson, Chairman of [...]
Long Live the S
29 March 2009Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors revealed the design this week of the long-awaited sedan version, now called the Tesla S.Â
It looks like this:
The company is taking orders now, with a deposit. Production is slated for 2011. The whole deal seems to be contingent upon Tesla’s receiving over $300MM in TARP funds for creating the facilities, although [...]
My Heroes
5 October 2008I was honored to be invited to give a short talk at the 25th anniversary reception for what I believe to be Seattle’s oldest venture fund, originally Rainier Venture Partners, then Olympic VP, and now called OVP.Â
Given all of the difficulties around the world, I thought it would be worth talking about something upbeat, and [...]
Elon Musk’s Dream – And Ours – Comes True
28 September 2008Fellow SNS member Elon Musk, and his great crew at Space Exploration Technologies, have today succeeded in the first privately funded launch of a craft into earth orbit.
This history-making effort comes as the fourth launch attempt for the new SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket; the company has launches scheduled going forward for this LEO-oriented satellite launcher, [...]