"After persuading Marc Tarpenning, a software jockey and Eberhard's business partner in his previous companies, to join him, they INCORPORATED Tesla Motors in J

"After persuading Marc Tarpenning, a software jockey and Eberhard's business partner in his previous companies, to join him, they INCORPORATED Tesla Motors in JULY 2003." "It took Eberhard and Ian Wright,VP of vehicle development, only two hours during a February 2004 meeting to get Musk onboard." CNN Money: Tesla's wild ride http://cnnmoney.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?expire=-1&title=Tesla%27s+wild+ride+-+Jul.+9%2C+2008&urlID=29633961&action=cpt&partnerID=2200&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmoney.cnn.com%2F2008%2F07%2F07%2Ftechnology%2Fcopeland_tesla.fortune%2Findex.htm http://cnnmoney.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?expire=-1&...