A while ago I’ve written an essay about What People Don’t Understand About Tesla. This piece is a continuation of this exploration. Tesla is currently valued at 10x Price-to-Sales, and Trailing Twelve Months Price-to-Earnings of 743. This makes Tesla grossly overvalued, right? In the short term, probably yes. But is there a way this valuation…
Tag: Elon Musk
Principles of Effective Content Marketing
I have a love-hate relationship with content marketing. I’ve been doing search engine optimization (SEO) since 2002, blogging since 2006, tweeting since 2007. I also co-founded one of the first influencer marketing companies in Europe in 2006. But to be honest, while getting some pieces right, all this time I had trouble to grasp the…
Renting a Tesla Model S
I recently rented a Tesla Model S for the weekend (see photos), to have an extended first-time experience: Before driving, I watched this Tesla Model S Walkthrough video I used peer-to-peer car sharing service Sharoo. The car has a hardware box and can be opened with the smartphone app. Worked like a charm. Sharoo is a…
PayPal Early Days
I have finished reading the PayPal founding story. I love reading stories about the products I use. Learnings: PayPal (Confinity-side) assembled a wonderful team and created a very entrepreneurial culture. David Sacks and Peter Thiel played important roles. It was actually David Sacks who was responsible for the last-minute deal with eBay. He played a…