Kimbal Musk

It's just local search that is needed for everyone, and it became an add-on to search. But even remember in those days, you couldn't make money at search either. No one had figured out AdWords or anything. They didn't realize how big of a business this was. But we all knew this was a thing. And everyone was using it. But didn't quite know how to make money on it. Couldn't make money.

It's just local search that is needed for everyone, and it became an add-on to search. But even remember in those days, you couldn't make money at search either. No one had figured out AdWords or anything. They didn't realize how big of a business this was. But we all knew this was a thing. And everyone was using it. But didn't quite know how to make money on it. Couldn't make money.

It's just local search that is needed for everyone, and it became an add-on to search. But even remember in those days, you couldn't make money at search either. No one had figured out AdWords or anything. They didn't realize how big of a business this was. But we all knew this was a thing. And everyone was using it. But didn't quite know how to make money on it. Couldn't make money.

When we got acquired, it was a bittersweet moment because Compaq that owned AltaVista wanted to merge. So that's sort of regular search with the best search engine at the time, pre-Google, with Zip2, which would be the best local search, and it would be a Yahoo killer. And the Compaq just wanted to make money by taking the company public. but they wouldn't give us any stock.

When we got acquired, it was a bittersweet moment because Compaq that owned AltaVista wanted to merge. So that's sort of regular search with the best search engine at the time, pre-Google, with Zip2, which would be the best local search, and it would be a Yahoo killer. And the Compaq just wanted to make money by taking the company public. but they wouldn't give us any stock.

When we got acquired, it was a bittersweet moment because Compaq that owned AltaVista wanted to merge. So that's sort of regular search with the best search engine at the time, pre-Google, with Zip2, which would be the best local search, and it would be a Yahoo killer. And the Compaq just wanted to make money by taking the company public. but they wouldn't give us any stock.

They paid us cash return, which turned out actually very well for us, but because the whole internet bubble burst, we didn't know that at the time. And so it was bittersweet because they essentially wanted our company, and we were welcome to stay, but you don't have to. And that was a pretty rough feeling. But in retrospect, it opened the door to... It set us up for an incredible...

They paid us cash return, which turned out actually very well for us, but because the whole internet bubble burst, we didn't know that at the time. And so it was bittersweet because they essentially wanted our company, and we were welcome to stay, but you don't have to. And that was a pretty rough feeling. But in retrospect, it opened the door to... It set us up for an incredible...

They paid us cash return, which turned out actually very well for us, but because the whole internet bubble burst, we didn't know that at the time. And so it was bittersweet because they essentially wanted our company, and we were welcome to stay, but you don't have to. And that was a pretty rough feeling. But in retrospect, it opened the door to... It set us up for an incredible...

platform to go do beautiful things.

platform to go do beautiful things.

platform to go do beautiful things.

Yeah, I still sell on the board of Tesla. Tesla is 20 years now. Isn't that amazing? 20 years.

Yeah, I still sell on the board of Tesla. Tesla is 20 years now. Isn't that amazing? 20 years.

Yeah, I still sell on the board of Tesla. Tesla is 20 years now. Isn't that amazing? 20 years.

So I didn't join as a founder. I joined as a founding board member. And so I actually, I didn't write the business plan. I got to read it. And I still have that. I still have it as a part of history.

So I didn't join as a founder. I joined as a founding board member. And so I actually, I didn't write the business plan. I got to read it. And I still have that. I still have it as a part of history.

So I didn't join as a founder. I joined as a founding board member. And so I actually, I didn't write the business plan. I got to read it. And I still have that. I still have it as a part of history.

No. No, I certainly didn't. What I saw in it was- For me personally, I was really upset that General Motors had killed their EV car. There's even a movie called Who Killed the Electric Car? And I knew that the physics of electric is perfectly fine. I mean, there's no reason why you couldn't use an electric car to drive around.

No. No, I certainly didn't. What I saw in it was- For me personally, I was really upset that General Motors had killed their EV car. There's even a movie called Who Killed the Electric Car? And I knew that the physics of electric is perfectly fine. I mean, there's no reason why you couldn't use an electric car to drive around.