I consider Elon Musk to be one of the greatest CEOs of our time. He was the founder of Zip2, an online directory service, and PayPal. Musk is presently CEO and CTO of Tesla Motors, a manufacturer of electric vehicles, and SpaceX, a designer of space transport services. Through my analysis of Musk’s exploits, I conclude that his strength as a leader is threefold: his ability to inspire others with his vision, his unwavering motivation to seek profitability through sustainability and purpose, and…
While Tesla was a visionary leader capable of inspiring and leading change, his divergent ethics while in the pursuit of change painted another picture of the wizard. According to Seifer (1998), with the help of investors he gained due to success at the World Fair, he was able to fund the construction of a wireless telegraph system. However, while in construction, another inventor in Europe stole his patented ideas and successfully created his own system for which Tesla filed suit and lost.…
The Industrial Revolution was an era of monumental change for the world. Before the 18th century, cultures had an agricultural lifestyle with kings, lords and dukes as if from a story. But with the invention of the steam engine, these societies began to transform into nations - nations that competed, helped, and destroyed each other; a new world was emerging. Machinery improved, technologies advanced, and the modern world started to form. Capitalism, Socialism, and Communism all began to replace…
Have you ever heard of Tesla Motors, SpaceX, or PayPal? If not, these are all Elon Musk’s companies that are having a major impact on some of America’s industries. Elon Musk is a South African entrepreneur in the United states, that works to to help make the world a better place, just like the superheroes in the comics he read in his earlier years. Since then, he has used his extraordinary drive and vision to overcome many difficult obstacles that come with starting up new companies. His drive…
Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs) The Future Automobiles BY: Syed Naveed Kamil Introduction: As hybrid vehicles have become one of the established automobile segment by capturing a sizable share in the global automobile market over the last decade, the quest for fuel saving has pushed the technology to newer fronts. Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs) are the contemporary disruption in the conventional car market and causing ripples in the automobile…
Tesla’s new driver less cars are an innovation and could be great as it could improve commutes as well as allow the individuals to become more productive. However, I believe that Tesla’s new autopilot system could potentially be dangerous as they would have programmed route data and could ignore traffic lights which could cause more traffic accidents and whole system of sensors, etc. could malfunction. In the article by NewsELA titled PRO/CON: Are self-driving cars the future of transportation?…
If I was driving from Maine to California, I would drive in a car with Elon Musk, (probably a Tesla). I choose him for many reasons, I believe that traveling with Elon Musk would allow me to better myself by observing how hard working he is. I would also stay entertained due to how smart he is, and how that would allow me to have many conversations with him. The last, and most important reason I would travel with Elon Musk is how passionate he is and how he takes an uncommon and innovative…
Before Elon aided Tesla, they sold around eighty thousand vehicles for one hundred thousand for the average price. Elon was always about fast production and efficiency; therefore, he announced they would be sellin the Tesla Model three for thirty-five thousand dollars, which is an affordable price. Well when the news was out the about three hundred twenty-five thousand…
Electric whose bid only cost $399,000; Westinghouse won the contract. In 1895, Westinghouse won a contract to build a hydroelectric plant at Niagara Falls, and he sealed the alternating currents place in history. At the opening of the plant in 1897, Tesla, Westinghouse’s compatriot, said…
Successful Individual Elon musk, PayPal and Tesla Motors founder and billionaire, also Founder of Space X, the Mars trip mission to place certain individuals on plant Mars . He is successful not only financially, but also in caring for the world and providing a way for our race civilization to continue its journey for the many centuries to come. An entrepreneur that has proven success time over time from creating PayPal, to Tesla Motors, the fast luxurious all electric eco friendly cars, Also…