5 ms·
> They contributed no money That's contradicted here: > The two co-founders funded the company until early 2004, when Elon Musk led the company's $6.5 million
by cma 1y ago
> They contributed no money
That's contradicted here:
> The two co-founders funded the company until early 2004, when Elon Musk led the company's $6.5 million Series A financing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Tarpenning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Tarpenning
- DoesntMatter22 1y agoDoesn't even say any amount of money that they funded. That could be $30 for all we know
- cma 1y agoIt's public record, on Musk's word, that Eberhard was in the series A too for $75,000: https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2014/12/29/how-much-equity-did-elon-musk-get-from-investing-in-teslas-series-a https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2014/12/29/how-much-equit... Your claim was > They contributed no money Where did you get this from? Tesla also licensed the design from tZero before the series-A I believe. And Eberhard was sort of keeping tZero afloat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88KHfX_kPIY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88KHfX_kPIY