Reddit reviews Steve Jobs & the Next Big Thing

Haha. I can agree with you on all that. I have no idea what the initial Series A split was, but I agree with your percentages on principle.

I also agree with your other comment that Elon should have been told no. I just hate to see Eberhard get such bad treatment by Muskies whenever Tesla wouldn't exist without him either. I don't recall Elon publicly stating an intention to build an electric car prior to his involvement with Eberhard and Tarpenning, but if you know anything about that I'd honestly like to know. [I haven't read any books on Tesla or Elon, but I did enjoy "Steve Jobs & The NeXT Big Thing" when I read it 20 years ago]

There's lots of articles about how Elon wanted to make "the fundamental change to clean energy" from say 2006 onward, but try to find any public statement or interview of Elon prior to January 2004 that mentions an electric car. I tried using Google Search + Tools with a custom date range, but I haven't found anything so far.

I do believe Elon deserves credit were it's due.

Steve Jobs was useless on stilts. He couldn't figure out email, so he had his secretary print out his emails for him. Yeah, that Steve Jobs.

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