Solyndra
company on 9 shows · 4 statements across 4 episodes · said 37 times in 27 episodes since 2020
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4 statements about Solyndra, every show
Calacanis: A 10% Tesla equity stake would have funded 100 Solyndras
“If the government had gotten just 10% of that in equity, that would have paid for a hundred cylinders and mistakes.”
Beebe: Solar Scaled Through Brute-Force Supply Chains, Not Novel Tech
“And one of the key catalysts that I hadn't really understood was the ability to use non-semiconductor grade silicon, you know, not the purest type of silicon to make solar cells. So instead of radical innovation, you know people like Nanosolar and even Solyndr…”
Sacks: Department of Energy loan portfolio is all Solyndras without Tesla
“So Elon was basically a fluke. I mean, you get like a once in a generation entrepreneur who happened to be working on this EV problem and he got that loan. If you're to take Elon out of that government portfolio, it all looks like Solyndra.”