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by holyDictionary 2211 days ago
> a single company that started a decade ago as a side project for a guy who was trying to make electric cars after making money on the internet.

I believe this is backwards, SpaceX was created first and it was implied in the biography that it's more as if Tesla was the side project.
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toomuchtodo 2211 days ago
Tesla was a hostile takeover by Musk who was already an investor (arguably the largest/primary investor), as existing leadership was not focused on getting revenue in the door fast enough for the org to survive (circa 2007).

https://www.businessinsider.com/how-elon-musk-fired-tesla-ce...

Disclaimer: Long time TSLA investor

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