Re:Jim Keller Resigns from Intel, Effective Immediately
by valuearb on Saturday June 13, 2020 @01:47AM
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He founded Tesla through force of will. They had a concept but no funding and no drivetrain. Elon got them funded and hooked them up with an engineer he had been funding to build a drivetrain. Their original roadster was going to cost $200,000+ just to build, Elon pushed them out of the way and saved the company.
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Re:Jim Keller Resigns from Intel, Effective Immediately
by RNCTX on Saturday June 13, 2020 @06:48AM
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He did not found Tesla.
Re:Jim Keller Resigns from Intel, Effective Immediately
by valuearb on Saturday June 13, 2020 @04:45PM
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If he hasn’t gotten involved, it would have failed. That’s indisputable. The common usage of founder nowadays doesn’t require someone was an employee on day 1, it means they were instrumental in its early days and Elon certainly was.