My Age of Investment

"Now that the prototype car has been built, is it time to consider mass production of the Roadster?"

Sitting in the office next to the Tesla factory, Xia Jingxing directly asked the two founders.

Eberhard spread his hands and said with a smile: "Of course, everything we do now is for the next mass production.

However, before that, we still need to build a few more prototypes to determine the optimal solution for mass production.

The second and third prototypes should not take too long.

Mainly the first prototype car, which took us too much time to familiarize ourselves with various body structures and technical principles.

At the same time, the team has just been formed and is still in the running-in stage.

Everything is fine now, and the next work will be much more efficient. "

Xia Jingxing nodded, "Okay, just follow this step."

Tarpenning interjected, "Daren, if we are going to put into mass production next, we need a sum of money to start, and the company has to raise a Series B financing."

"no problem."

Xia Jingxing readily agreed and said with a smile, "I promised before that as long as you make a prototype car, I will invest 10 million US dollars."

Hearing this, Eberhard and Tarpenning glanced at each other, and both saw the joy in each other's eyes. This gold master is really good.

"Daren, I heard that Facebook has launched a new video site called YouTube, which is very popular. Many young people spend several hours a day browsing and watching videos on it."

Eberhard usually pays close attention to Xia Jingxing's industry, especially for Facebook.

Tesla and Facebook are somewhat tied, and the better Facebook develops, the more ammunition Tesla has.

At this time, I asked about YouTube, and I also wanted to know the latest development of Facebook.

Tarpenning also looked at Xia Jingxing and said with a smile, "I heard that some venture capital institutions have given Facebook a valuation of $2 billion."

Seeing that both of them were so interested, Xia Jingxing selectively informed the two of them.

In addition to the core secrets, others such as the number of users, the online time of users, etc. are briefly described.

"Has the number of users of YouTube reached 20 million?"

After hearing this, Eberhard asked in surprise.

Xia Jingxing nodded lightly. Some time ago, there were only more than 16 million users, but they used a series of online marketing events of Ronaldo and other stars to increase the number of users by more than three million in just over a week.

However, the fact that the number of YouTube users has exceeded 20 million people, they did not hype it up, too much hatred and vulgar growth are the kingly way.

Tarpenning suddenly said: "In the future, when Tesla is mass-produced, can we use the tubing platform to carry out some publicity?"

Xia Jingxing smiled, "This is a very good idea, you can also find a few other sports cars to speed up together.

Let the public know how electric sports cars can kill these traditional gasoline sports cars. "

Tarpenning smiled. He felt that the influence of Facebook and YouTube is increasing day by day. Two websites with tens of millions of users,

It can be regarded as two advertising gold mines.

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Although Darren has not yet enabled the two websites to open large-scale advertising monetization, anyone with a discerning eye can see that these two websites have infinite potential. Once they start to tap, they will release huge commercial value.

He doesn't doubt Darren's financial resources very much now. As long as Facebook and YouTube continue to develop this momentum, Darren will invest tens of millions of dollars in Tesla.

Eberhard suddenly said: "Daren, I have something to tell you."

"What's wrong?" Xia Jingxing asked.

Eberhard said calmly: "Musk also set up an electric car company, and its name is also called Nikola. It is clear that he wants to compete with us."

Xia Jingxing said "oh", not too surprised, Musk has always been optimistic about the future of electric vehicles.

When the negotiation didn't go well, I once said that I would go it alone.

It's just the name of this car, it's really a bit too much.

The name of the Tesla car is taken from the surname of "Nikola Tesla", the inventor of the alternating current system.

Musk's Nikola is named after the inventor.

Xia Jingxing thought to himself, you can choose a "Faraday" for Musk, but you have to compete with Tesla.

To say that there is no intention to target Tesla, he absolutely does not believe it.

"When was their Nicholas established? How has it developed?" Xia Jingxing asked.

Eberhard introduced: "It was established not long ago. I have been following them. It is said that Musk has invested 10 million US dollars and is still building a team. I haven't heard of anything developed, which is far behind us."

Speaking of this, Eberhard smiled, "Actually, I wanted to invite Musk to participate in Tesla's Series B financing.

But unfortunately, he insisted on building his own car.

From last year to now, Tesla has been established for a whole year, and we have paid a lot to get to the prototype car.

And Musk is equivalent to starting everything from scratch, which is not small.

As far as recruiting engineers is concerned, there are not many experienced people in the industry. People with certain technical experience are basically recruited to Tesla.

And technology is not just about spending money to break through all at once, it takes time. "

Xia Jingxing frowned, "Then according to what you said, their research and development must be very difficult?"

"certainly."

Eberhard said confidently, "According to my guess, Nikola will not even try to build a prototype car without a year.

And by the time they've built a prototype, we'll probably have it in production.

And when Nikola is mass-produced and released, Tesla may have mass-produced several models, balanced revenue, and even made money and went public. "

Although Tarpenning agreed with the partner's words, he still reminded: "Don't be too careless, Musk has US dollars in his hands, they can throw money, they can hire the best engineers, and buy the best experimental equipment.

Right now, we are only temporarily ahead of Nikola, which is not a particularly big advantage. "

Xia Jingxing did not mean to despise Musk. He felt that the two founders were a little floating after developing the prototype car, and poured cold water on the two of them: "What if Musk spends a lot of money to dig our people? Have you considered it? this problem?"

Eberhard shook his head, "No one should be willing to go to the company that is still working on the map, it has no future.

Everyone compares!

Nikola is still in the process of going from zero to one, and it is still unknown whether he can reach "one". And Tesla has done "one."

Obviously, Tesla is closer to success, and the equity and options we give are more valuable. "

Xia Jingxing admitted that Eberhard had a certain point, but it did not mean that everyone would pay attention to long-term interests. Maybe some people were attracted by short-term interests and were kidnapped by Musk.

Tesla is far from being full of talents now. If a few technical backbones are really kidnapped, it will not only slow down its own research and development progress, but also "fund the enemy".

With this trade-off, the distance between Nikola and Tesla has narrowed.

"I suggest to quickly open the B round of financing, and then carry out a round of option incentives to firmly tie Tesla's core technology backbone to the company's chariot."

Xia Jingxing looked at the two of them and continued: "This is also what it should be, everyone has built a prototype car, and it can be regarded as a small milestone, and it should be rewarded, so that everyone feels that they have a bright future with the company.

What do you think? "

"Daren, of course I have no opinion."

Eberhard said with a smile, "If all the major shareholders were as generous as you, there wouldn't be so many job-hopping and technology loss."

Tarpenning said: "After the B round of financing, the option pool will be further compressed. If a large-scale option incentive is carried out, the option pool may not be enough in the future."

He counted with his fingers, "Next, there are mass production plans, sales plans, and more models to be launched.

It is impossible not to be rewarded if the employee does these tasks satisfactorily.

In that case, the option pool may not be enough. "

Xia Jingxing nodded, "It doesn't matter, I will persuade other shareholders to inject some equity into the option pool together, maintain a sufficient option pool, and help Tesla better attract and retain talents.

You can rest assured that I will not save this money. My vision is long enough. "

The two nodded with a smile, the major shareholder is so powerful, what else can they say, just do it.

Xia Jingxing is fully aware that Tesla, an electric car company, is in a technology-intensive industry.

For high-end technical talents, you must not be stingy, or you will dig your own grave.

Of course, this cannot absolutely prevent the loss of personnel.

Because there are always companies that can offer higher prices, or give higher positions, and a bigger stage to display their talents.

What they can do is try to delay this phenomenon as much as possible, and let it grow and develop first.

It is still in its infancy and cannot withstand the loss of too much technical backbone.

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