Netease Technology News December 14 news, foreign media VatorVator recently curated a "when they are young," a series of reports reviewed some of the now very successful company when it was first founded the situation, they are at the beginning of the establishment The progress made, and how they have come to this step by step, the latest issue of Tesla.
The series is designed to give people an idea of how well-to-do startups were in their first few years, a story that has always been popular because it reminds us that anyone, no matter what their origin and their environment, Being able to overcome the external hurdles and make a huge impact on the industry, they show the entrepreneur the perseverance and tireless value that if they can follow the successes of those successful, they may also make a name.
Tesla's first year -
Founder (at that time): Martin Eberhard (42), Marc Tarpenning (38), Ian Wright, Elon Elon Musk (31), JB Straubel (27)
The company's name, Tesla, comes from the great inventor and electrical engineer Nikola Tesla. In January 2003, when Eberhard played Disney, he proposed the name to his later wife .
Founded: April 3, 2003, Tarponing bought the domain name Teslamotors.com. On July 1, 2003, Tesla formed a company in Delaware.
The initial company profile: 'Tesla Motors is going to build a high-performance electric sports car, which sounds impractical - whether it's making the car itself or building a high-performance electric car.' ' Business plan wrote.
But major technologies have been developed in recent years to make electric cars so attractive all at once and the international business environment now makes it possible to build 'factoryless' car companies.'
'As an electrical engineer, I know that electric windmills can be made and you want to do that and look around,' no one is doing that kind of car? ' When he was CEO Eberhard said in 2006.
'I can not buy such a car in the market, in fact, no one is doing that kind of car, otherwise I can buy a car and be a happy consumer, but it does not exist, so I told myself Said, 'I can start that kind of company?' I know how to start a business, I've done it before .I successfully started a few times, I think, 'If I can figure out how to get the expertise of Silicon Valley, Silicon Valley know how to give Companies that provide financial support and apply that knowledge to this issue will have something to do with us.
Tesla's second year -
One year after its founding, the first round of financing: In April 2004, Tesla received a $ 6.5 million Series A round of financing, of which $ 6,350,000 from Elon Musk. Musk joined the board of directors as chairman. Hadd invested $ 75,000.
Mr Strobel's first meeting with Musk was at a lunch at the end of 2003, when he tried to market the idea of making electric vehicles to the latter, but that time failed to muster Musk's interest.
"Throughout the conversation, we realized that both of us had an incredible passion for electric vehicles and that he walked ahead of us in understanding the progress and opportunities of lithium-ion batteries, and that anyone who came into contact with me was superior "Strobel said in 2016.
"After that meeting, we hit it off and a few months later we came in contact with several other early-time Tesla co-founders. Eventually, he basically provided our entire Series A round of financing and joined The team.
Musk later met with Eberhard and Wright, who copied SpaceX's charter and rules to Tesla and asked Tesla to design a logo for SpaceX's logo-design professionals.
At the time, Tesla Motors was made up of Eberhard, Tarponing and Wright, with a business plan that was not yet funded, and they were looking for first-round financing everywhere, and although the company was basically in place, Tesla did not even have a registered name for it yet, nor did it have a formal office and assets, "Musk wrote later.
Musk urged Strobel to join the company.
Founded one year and eight months after the performance: 2004, Tesla annual net loss of 2.4 million US dollars.
Completed second round of financing after 1 year and 10 months of establishment: On February 1, 2005, Tesla won round B financing of $ 13 million, with investors including Musk, Compass Technology Partners and Valor Equity.
Tesla's third year -
Product Development Two and Three Months Started: On July 11, 2005, Tesla signed a production contract with automotive brand Lotus Cars for the production of Roadster vehicles.
Established two years and eight months after the performance: In 2005, Tesla annual net loss of 11.6 million US dollars.
- Tesla's fourth year -
Third year and one month after the founding of the third round of financing: On May 31, 2006, Tesla announced that it has completed $ 40 million in round C financing, VantagePoint Venture Partners and the leader in Musk. Other institutional investments Including Draper Fisher Jurveston and JP Morgan Bay Area Equity Fund, and private investors include Google's two co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Nick Pritzker (through his investment partnership) and Jeff Skoll (through his investment company Capricorn Management LLC).
The company also announced that Jim Marver, VantagePoint Venture Partners managing partner and co-founder, will join Tesla's board of directors.
'I believe Tesla has the potential to become one of the greatest automotive companies in the 21st century by leading the technological shift from fuel-to-electric vehicles.' Musk said in a statement, 'Initially a high-performance Sports cars, but the long-term vision is to build a wide range of cars, including low-cost family cars Tesla is one of the few companies that has the opportunity to make a positive difference to the world and to be a valuable company '
Launched in three years and three months after product launch: On July 19, 2006, Tesla held a press briefing at hangar Barker Hanger at the Santa Monica airport where Eberhard and Musk showed the company's head Mass production car Roadster.
Three years and one month after the founding of the progress: Tesla sold a total of 127 units within two weeks of launching the Roadster.
Testimonials awarded after three years and six months: In October 2007, Tesla won the Global Green America Product Award / Industrial Design Award with Roadster.
Media reports after three years and eight months and five months after product launches: In December 2006, Tesla was listed as one of the best inventions of 2006 by Time magazine.
'What can accelerate from zero to 60 miles per hour in 4 seconds with a top speed of more than 130 miles and no fuel tank at all? Tesla Roadster 100. Made in the state of California: A popular sports car that doubles as a A statement against the environmental pollution and dependence on oil.Its huge lithium-ion battery pack can bring it to 250 miles of life, although it will make you pay a lot less electricity, but Roadster's cost-efficiency still reach the Toyota Prius Twice. "Times wrote.
Roadster was also voted by Forbes as one of the best cars of the year 2006, calling it 'the most prestigious new car'.
The Roadster from California company Tesla may be one of the hottest cars of the year, proving that electric cars do not need to look like scientific experiments and that they can actually become as sexy and as tough as sports cars. The moon is sold out and you can only book a 2008 model if you want to buy it, "Forbes wrote.
Founded three years and eight months after the performance: In 2006, Tesla annual net loss of 30 million US dollars.
- Tesla's fifth year -
Ten years after the roadster was founded four years and one month later, the fourth round of financing was launched ten months after the roadster was released. On May 11, 2007, Tesla announced that it has completed USD 45 million Series D round of financing and jointly led by Technology Partners and Musk Capricorn Investment Group is investing in additional investments from major investors in the previous round of financing, including Vantage Point Venture Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, JP Morgan Bay Area Equity Fund, Valor Equity Partners and Compass Venture Partners.
Ira Ehrenpreis, Cleantech chief investment officer at Technology Partners, and Antonio Gracias, founder and CEO of Valor Equity Partners, joined Tesla's board of directors.
Four years and one month after its founding and progress on Roadster ten months later: In May 2007, Roadster booked more than 400 vehicles.
Founded four months and one month later, Roadster launched its business model ten months later: Tesla announced the formation of Tesla Energy Group in May 2007. The department was founded in late 2006, Designed to allow companies to design and sell energy storage systems ESS to other companies, especially lithium-ion batteries.
'ESS is outgrowing any other subsystems of Tesla Roadster for basic inventions and smarter solutions to tough issues. Nobody is doing something like Tesla ESS; it's not possible to recruit' experienced people ' , So ESS is mainly composed of bright young engineers who are creative and passionate, and they collectively claim more patents than any other department in the company. The word 'impossible' does not exist for them. 'Ai Berhard wrote.
Bernard Tse, the founder and former CEO of Wyse Technology, pulled out of Tesla's board of directors and instead led Tesla's energy unit.
After four years and four months of establishment, Roadster was released one year and one month after personnel changes: In August 2007, Musk called Eberhard to inform him that he had been removed from the company's board by Tesla CEO Michael Marks, the company 's early investor, became the interim CEO.
Eberhard asked the board of directors to hold another meeting. He formally stepped down in August 2007 and became the chief technology officer.
Personnel changes after Roadster was released in four years and seven months after year and four months: In November 2007, Ze'ev Drori was appointed CEO and president of Tesla.
Founded four years and eight months later, released Roadster one and a half months after the performance: In 2007, Tesla annual net loss of 78 million US dollars.
Founded four years and ten months later, Roadster released one year and seven months after the product development: February 1, 2008, Tesla's first mass production Roadster completed the delivery in Musk's home.
Five years after the Roadster was released four years and ten months after its launch, the fifth round of financing was announced: On February 19, 2008, Tesla announced that it has completed the $ 40 million Series E round of financing Collected by Valor Equity Partners and Musk.
After four years and eleven months in existence, Roadster was released one year and eight months after the product was released: In March 2008, the Tesla Roadster began production on a regular basis.
'This is an important milestone for the company and also a watershed in the new era for electric vehicles but we have a lot of work to do. For Roadster, our focus is to step by step in a prudent and controlled manner Expand our production capacity and achieve more than 100 vehicles a month by the beginning of next year, "Deloitte wrote in Bowen.
Tesla now -
In June 2008, Tesla released the Model S, which took the scepter in October of the same year as the CEO of the company. Between 2008 and March 2012, Tesla sold more than 2,250 Roadster units in 31 countries .
In June 2010, Tesla became the first U.S. automaker to be publicly listed since Ford in 1956. It raised $ 26 million for a share price of $ 17 a share, and its share price has now reached $ 306.53.