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# People Laughed When I Predicted the Tesla Business Model in ’03. LOL Later…

On stage at a manufacturing conference in Las Vegas, telling the story of what happened when I predicted the business model – and how the business model would work.

People always laugh at big bold ideas. Because, they are thinking too small!