Elon Musk Deposition Quotes

Surprisingly, at least to most observers, Tesla has not needed to raise any further equity since May 2019. Who needs investors—or bankers, either—when your customers are so excited about what you offer that they are willing to fund your business, with what amount to interest‐free loans, at that! As Bruce Sidlinger, already an owner of two Tesla vehicles reported, “The morning after the Roadster was announced, I put a deposit down … Elon Musk is one of our planet's great hopes. I would offer a kidney to him if he needed it.”20 Thus, here's a question for you: Can you find a way to get your customers to fund your business as generously as Musk has at Tesla? Perhaps, with the right mindset and a compelling offer, you can!

A lot was hitting him that week. He was scheduled to give depositions in the Delaware court case seeking to force him to close the Twitter deal, an SEC investigation, and a lawsuit challenging his Tesla compensation. He was also worried about controversies over the use of Starlink satellites in Ukraine, difficulties in reducing Tesla’s supply-chain dependence on China, a Falcon 9 launch of four astronauts (including one Russian woman cosmonaut) to the International Space Station, a West Coast launch the same day of a Falcon 9 carrying fifty-two Starlink satellites, and sundry personal issues regarding children, girlfriends, and former wives.