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Assertion Partly supported
Ford sells 200,000 cars a month; Tesla sells 30,000 a year
“Ford sells 200,000 vehicles in a month. And Tesla will sell about 30,000 this year.”
Cameron Johnson Feb 26, 2016 ▶ 10:08 Does This Ford Dealership Sell The Most Cars Ever? with Cameron Johnson Ep 9
Assertion Partly supported
Tesla sold 15,000 cars in a day by making staff salespeople
“He sends an email out to everybody in the company saying you're laid off and you're hired again. And your new job is a sales job... In a day, they sold 15,000 cars.”
Andrey Swiavich Nov 17, 2022 ▶ 2:41 We call 30k cold leads per month and land 5% as customers. Here's the playbook
Assertion Supported
Elon Musk Funded Struggling Tesla on Condition He Could Run It
“Elon was an investor with us, and on board, and then when the company was in a dire straits, Elon said that he put money in if he could run it.”
Tim Draper Feb 9, 2016 ▶ 12:43 This is The Worlds Most Influential, Powerful Investor with Tim Draper of DFJ Venture (Timothy Draper)
Assertion Supported
Tesla's data science team uses Plotly for internal graphing
“So, like a good example is the data science team at Tesla uses us.”
Jack Parmer May 9, 2018 ▶ 2:04 1019 The Tool Tesla's Data Analysts Use Hits 3,000 Customers
Assertion Supported
Draper: Elon Musk was not CEO when DFJ funded Tesla
“Actually, I met Elon long before Tesla and Elon was not the CEO when we funded it. A guy named Martin Everhard was.”
Tim Draper Feb 9, 2016 ▶ 12:22 This is The Worlds Most Influential, Powerful Investor with Tim Draper of DFJ Venture (Timothy Draper)
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