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Tesla?

by majestik 9y ago

Tesla?

taurath 9y ago
Clearly.
- user5994461 9y ago
  Are they public?
  - Simon_says 9y ago
    Yes.
throwaway7645 9y ago
That seems to fit: 1.) move from Palo alto to east bay 2.) manufacturing company with software engineers 3.) lots of people leaving 4.) CEO changing the world. However, I'm sure many companies meet that.
- maxxxxx 9y ago
  Wasn't there the story where Musk scolded someone who took off to be at the birth of his child?
  - PeterisP 9y ago
    This somehow seems relevant - http://nypost.com/2017/05/21/coachs-viral-response-when-asked-why-star-missed-game-for-kids-birth/ http://nypost.com/2017/05/21/coachs-viral-response-when-aske...
  - phonon 9y ago
    https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/597982078374817794 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/597982078374817794
  - conanbatt 9y ago
    It really sounds fake. Even if Elon really believed that to be true, it would be very dumb to say it.
- gwern 9y ago
  Bingo. The company was Rocket Science Games. https://web.archive.org/web/20121113115319/https://engineering.stanford.edu/profile/sblank https://web.archive.org/web/20121113115319/https://engineeri... says Blank was involved, and one of Musk's internships was also there according to the Musk bio and a few sites listing his internships (simultaneous with Pinnacle, apparently).
  - pinewurst 9y ago
    That really makes me feel old - I used to work for another gaming company at that time that was pals with Rocket Science. It was not exactly a model of how to run a business - and where I worked was hardly GE. :) From dubious acorns doth startup management gurus grow.
- huac 9y ago
  Musk is also notorious for underpaying his engineers.
- deleted 9y ago
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dkhenry 9y ago
While it may fit most of the criteria, I wouldn't say Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpennin were the visionary founders mentioned and Elon Musk and company tried to bring in adult supervision before Elon sunk enough of his own money into the company to just start running it himself. Most of the narrative doesn't fit as this article presents it ( it might still be tesla, but you can assume the details are pretty one sided )
drudru11 9y ago
That was my first guess too.

Tesla?

taurath 9y ago

Clearly.

user5994461 9y ago
Are they public?
- Simon_says 9y ago
  Yes.

throwaway7645 9y ago

That seems to fit: 1.) move from Palo alto to east bay 2.) manufacturing company with software engineers 3.) lots of people leaving 4.) CEO changing the world. However, I'm sure many companies meet that.

maxxxxx 9y ago
Wasn't there the story where Musk scolded someone who took off to be at the birth of his child?
- PeterisP 9y ago
  This somehow seems relevant - http://nypost.com/2017/05/21/coachs-viral-response-when-asked-why-star-missed-game-for-kids-birth/ http://nypost.com/2017/05/21/coachs-viral-response-when-aske...
- phonon 9y ago
  https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/597982078374817794 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/597982078374817794
- conanbatt 9y ago
  It really sounds fake. Even if Elon really believed that to be true, it would be very dumb to say it.
gwern 9y ago
Bingo. The company was Rocket Science Games. https://web.archive.org/web/20121113115319/https://engineering.stanford.edu/profile/sblank https://web.archive.org/web/20121113115319/https://engineeri... says Blank was involved, and one of Musk's internships was also there according to the Musk bio and a few sites listing his internships (simultaneous with Pinnacle, apparently).
- pinewurst 9y ago
  That really makes me feel old - I used to work for another gaming company at that time that was pals with Rocket Science. It was not exactly a model of how to run a business - and where I worked was hardly GE. :) From dubious acorns doth startup management gurus grow.
huac 9y ago
Musk is also notorious for underpaying his engineers.
deleted 9y ago
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dkhenry 9y ago

While it may fit most of the criteria, I wouldn't say Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpennin were the visionary founders mentioned and Elon Musk and company tried to bring in adult supervision before Elon sunk enough of his own money into the company to just start running it himself. Most of the narrative doesn't fit as this article presents it ( it might still be tesla, but you can assume the details are pretty one sided )

drudru11 9y ago

That was my first guess too.