SpaceX Launch You Up: Musk Cameos. Sort Of?
Sing it – “launch and land and relaunch…”
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Musk Files SEC “STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP” (SolarCity)
Via StreetInsider, Musk has filed a “Change in Beneficial Ownership” form as of Mar. 2. What does it mean? Ask your broker friend. We have no idea. There’s a little hint here though:
Be sure to click on the images if you want to see them bigger.
“Beneficial Ownership” generally refers to the administrator of a Trust, as far as we understand it, where the Beneficial...
Marvel’s Age of Ultron Echoes Musk’s AI Concerns (awesome video)
Marvel’s third trailer, released yesterday, starts to tell more of the “Age of Ultron” story (for those who haven’t read up already). Tony Stark has created AI which now wants to exterminate the human race.
Hmmm. Sounds vaguely familiar.
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Musk Tweets Satellite Deployment (cool vine)
Musk tweeted a sweet little clip of “2nd of 2″ being deployed. We’ve now watched it loop for over 30 minutes continuously. But that’s just us. (Googling “supersynchronous transfer orbit” now.)
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Elon Musk hearts Consumer Reports hearts Tesla Model S
Truly, Elon Musk has a soft spot for Consumer Reports. Not only did they buy a Tesla Model S, they really, really like it. Like, really.
For the second year in a row, the go-to guide for all your consumer product purchases has rated the Tesla Model S as its Top Pick. This means, they believe this is the best vehicle anyone can buy, regardless of fuel source, body style, or price. And, they’ll...
Elon Musk’s $3.5m Book Deal
Business Insider reports Musk has a book deal with Penguin, which he will write himself, without the use of a ghost writer over the course of a few years. The subjects will focus on sustainability issues on Earth, and the idea of a “multiplanetary existence”, or, life on Mars.
“Multiple sources say Musk will make more than $3 million on the deal. We heard $3.5 million a couple...
Musk’s Six Entrepreneurial Skills
Via Tech Cocktail, via a new book by Amy Wilkinson (The Creator’s Code: The Six Essential Skills of Extraordinary Entrepreneurs), you get your six essential skills that presumably Musk shares with others of his ilk:
Find the gap: In essence, you can see opportunities that are invisible to others. That may involve creating your own path or remixing ideas from different domains.
Drive for daylight:...
That time Elon Musk and bud Obama had dinner together [w/video]
We always wondered, even imagined it was so, but now we know for sure that Elon Musk has the ear of President Obama. Now the question is: “What did he do with it?”
We’re pretty sure he didn’t nibble on it or whisper sweet nothings, of course, but what did the two talk about whilst dining on duck and other assorted fare at San Francisco’s chic Spruce restaurant? Satellites?...
Elon Musk will kick off the GPU Technology Conference on March 17th
If you haven’t yet decided what you’d like to do on the morning of March 17th, here’s a suggestion: go see Elon Musk have a chat with Nvidia founder Jen-Hsun Huang at the kick off of the GPU Technology Conference. Why? (We can’t believe you’re even asking that) Because Elon, the future, and self-driving electric cars, that why. Geez.
This is a pretty big deal of a conference....
Reuters: “Musk Prepared To Fire Execs”
According to Reuters, Musk is “prepared to fire overseas executives, people with knowledge of the matter said…”
Really? “People with knowledge of the matter” is a source? Here’s what they said:
“He was more blunt in an internal email to managers in late January, threatening to fire or demote country managers if they are “not on a clear path to positive...
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