DEBATE: Is Elon Musk’s erratic behaviour just the price we need to pay for brilliant entrepreneurs? October 1, 2018 Is Elon Musk’s erratic behaviour just the price we need to pay for brilliant entrepreneurs? Kathy Gromotka, associate at Downing Ventures, says YES. We back entrepreneurs because we buy into their desire and ability to behave in a way that creates value, whether they’re a star in the spotlight or operating in stealth mode. Elon [...]
Character assassination: Business bosses are starting to realise that Twitter has a price September 30, 2018 It is not boardroom discord or tumbling profits that are causing mayhem for Elon Musk, the maverick and publicity-hungry Tesla chief who is set to lose his role as chairman. It’s his Twitter habit. His case exemplifies how Twitter, the social media platform that can send 280 poorly chosen characters right round the world in [...]
Musk to step down as Tesla chairman and pay $20m fine in settlement with US regulators September 30, 2018 Elon Musk is to step down as chairman of Tesla after settling a fraud lawsuit with US regulators over tweets he made about taking the firm private. The billionaire boss of the electric car-making firm has also agreed to pay a $20m (£15m) fine from the US securities and exchange commission (SEC), staving off a [...]
Tesla shares drop despite board backing for Elon Musk after SEC lawsuit September 28, 2018 Tesla shares plunged almost 14 per cent today as boss Elon Musk faced the prospect of a ban from ever running a public company again. The electric car company’s board hailed Musk’s “integrity and his leadership” after the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed legal action against him late last night. Read more: US watchdog [...]
Tesla chief Elon Musk faces ban from running a public firm in SEC fraud charges September 27, 2018 Tesla chief Elon Musk faces being barred from running a public company after the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed legal action, accusing him of alleged securities fraud over his public statements about taking the firm private. Tesla shares dropped more than 13 per cent in after-hours trade as news of the suit broke, [...]
Ignore self-help books about working a four-hour week, embrace the corporate lifestyle September 26, 2018 There's so much literature available on the market about how to find happiness in running (or working for) startups and small companies that you’d think the only way to be happy with your job is to start your own venture. Books like the cult hit “The 4-Hour Work Week” by Tim Ferris aim to persuade [...]
Japanese tycoon Yusaku Maezawa to become Space X’s first private passenger in trip to the moon September 18, 2018 A Japanese billionaire and online fashion tycoon is set to become the first private passenger to fly around the moon after revealing he will join Elon Musk’s SpaceX mission into orbit. Yusaku Maezawa, who owns fashion retailer Zozo, is expected to lift off on the Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) in 2023 after being unveiled as [...]
Tesla takes a hit after Saudi fund invests $1bn in rival Lucid Motors September 17, 2018 Tesla shares dipped this afternoon after Saudi Arabia's sovereign fund pumped $1bn into rival Lucid Motors. Shares fell by two per cent today after it was revealed that the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF) would help launch the Silicon Valley company's first electric vehicle, the Lucid Air, in 2020, but recovered to $300 later in the afternoon. Read more: [...]
Elon Musk’s Space X signs up first private moon flight passenger September 14, 2018 Space X has announced that it has signed up the first private passenger to fly around the moon on its new Big Falcon Rocket launch system. Elon Musk's company said it was a crucial step towards a future of everyday space travel. Read more: 'It's legal, right?' Elon Musk smokes weed on podcast The rocket [...]
Tesla driving towards mass market for 2017 as Elon Musk announces Model 3 September 4, 2015 Tesla boss Elon Musk announced on Twitter that the company’s third car offering would be the mass-marketable Model 3, which he hoped would go into production in 2017. He tweeted on Wednesday night: “Model 3, our smaller and lower cost sedan will start production in about 2 years. Fully operational Gigafactory needed.” And, in a [...]