Zip2
company on 13 shows · 4 statements across 3 episodes · said 37 times in 19 episodes since 2017
Founders 10 
the Y Combinator Startup Podcast 7 
American Optimist 7 
David Senra 4 
Founder's Journal 1 
Mixergy 1 
the Knowledge Project 1 
My First Million 1 
Capital Allocators 1 
How I Built This 1 
the a16z Podcast 1 
All-In 1 
20VC 1
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Founders 10American Optimist 7the Y Combinator Startup Podcast 7David Senra 420VC 1Mixergy 1the a16z Podcast 1Capital Allocators 15 more shows
2026 6 mentions in 3 episodes 2 per episode
2025 12 mentions in 3 episodes 4 per episode
2024 5 mentions in 4 episodes 1 per episode
2023 1 mention in 1 episode
2022 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2021 7 mentions in 2 episodes 4 per episode
2019 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2017 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
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Musk: Giving legacy incumbents board control forces irrational decisions on new tech
“I guess for the first, my first startup, the big, the, really the mistake was having too much shareholder and board control from legacy media companies who then necessarily see things through the lens of legacy media and that they'll kind of make you do things…”
Kimbal and Elon Musk were first to see internet door-to-door directions
“We were the first two humans to see maps and door-to-door directions on the internet.”
Kimbal Musk: Zip2 sold to Compaq for $300M in pure cash
“So we sold our company for three hundred million in cash. Actual cash, like not, no stock, no, they would not give us stock.”
Herold: Zip2 seed investors deemed Elon Musk 'unbackable' and preferred Kimbal
“And two years later, I was a reference in Elon and their very first round of funding for zip too. They had one employee and I had to explain why to back Kimble must because no one wanted to back Elon cause he was unbackable. He dropped out of aeronautical engi…”