https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-cofounder-basically-unemployable-out-of-money-after-leaving-2023-2
"After I left Tesla, I was basically unemployable for about two years because of the intellectual-property agreement I had with Tesla and with Tesla being as litigious as they are. So for the first couple of years, I was, first of all, out of money and, second of all, unemployed." #IP #EVs #Musk #NDAs #Tesla #litigation #employmentLaw #batteries
"Eberhard told Insider he still owned a 'small stake' in Tesla [...] and rooted for the company's success."
@jhv Eberhard was nearly as wealthy as Elon (look up his company, NuvoMedia, and what it sold for to Gemstar - I'll save you time, $187M, and he pocketed tens of millions of that), yet put almost none of his own money into Tesla. Then spent years deceiving the board until his string of lies was unraveled after an investor's audit, wherein he was booted unanimously, including by the board member he personally appointed.
Eberhard is not the early-Tesla-hero you're looking for.
@jhv If you're looking for a "plucky inventor" from early in Tesla's history, go with Straubel, or even better, Gage and Cocconi (brilliant inventors, but terrible business sense).
@nafnlaus Dunno. I knew Musk hadn't started the company. I was more interested in the way people leaving companies get strangled by NDAs, covenents not to compete, whatever -- & have been more wary of them since Trump & his flagrant abuse of the idea,even at the White House. But the story I was sharing wasn't really focused on that, so maybe it wasn't the best thing to RT (at least for my current poinjt of interest, that is). I added the hashtags later as seemed appropriate?