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After nearly five incredible years, today is my last day at Tesla. I joined Tesla in 2019 as an avid fan and owner, moving from North Carolina to California to take over the referral program—a program I knew and loved, having referred 12 people myself. Here are some highlights of my team's accomplishments: 1) I revamped the Referral Program to maximize value for Tesla owners. I rebuilt it to be more approachable, offering a variety of awards, 48-hour fulfillment, and enhanced referral tracking. We brought back the magic of the older programs with exclusive awards like invites to unveilings, early Cybertruck deliveries, and CyberHammers. I hope the program returns, as it’s a core community connector. Thank you to everyone who used it! 2) I took our enterprise platform, Tesla for Business, from 0 to 1. In 2019, we only offered a consumer experience, leaving large enterprises without a proper fleet management option. Now, Tesla for Business allows seamless management of any fleet size and supports pay-per-use Wall Connectors and Tesla Semis. 3) I helped Tesla become the first company ever to price items natively in Dogecoin on Tesla Shop. Over the holidays in 2021, Elon wanted us to start accepting Dogecoin for items on Tesla Shop, with prices set in DOGE globally. The team spent over 72 hours non-stop tackling legal and financial hurdles. On January 13th, we launched globally, setting the price of items in DOGE, proving Tesla’s ability to move fast and achieve the unprecedented. 4) I worked with SpaceX to launch tens of thousands of photos from the Tesla community into space. We worked with SpaceX to launch tens of thousands of photos from the Tesla community into space. On August 4th, 2022, we launched a laser-etched mosaic with all the owners’ photos into space! 5) I helped launch Tesla Tequila, CyberBeer, Cyberwhistle, and many other limited edition items on Tesla Shop! My Tesla Shop team built infrastructure to handle massive traffic for low-quantity, high-demand items. The last 420 bottles of Tesla Tequila sold on 4/20 at 4:20 pm for $420 sold out in under a minute! Bottle 369/420 will remain on my shelf as a reminder of the fun launches and late nights the Shop team and I pulled off. I am grateful for the opportunities Tesla has given me and will remain their biggest fan. The next chapter for Tesla will be incredible. I have no doubt they will continue to lead the global EV market, solve generalized autonomy, and bring Optimus to market as one of the first mass-market humanoid robots. If you want to talk EVs, referral programs, growth, or the next wave of innovative technology, my DMs are open. I am always available to connect on new opportunities, ideas, or how the future should be built. What’s next for me? If you know me, you know I can’t sit idle for long. I’m looking forward to how my next chapter unfolds. San Francisco is truly the city of builders, and the startup ecosystem is as vibrant as ever—I’m excited for what’s next!

Do you know any world-class product people with a track record of shipping high-impact enterprise products and a passion for Tesla? I'm looking for a senior product engineer to join my team and own our enterprise business platform. Tesla for Business is a global product that allows enterprise customers of all sizes to seamlessly manage their fleets of cars, chargers, and other Tesla products via a Tesla user interface or their own internal tools through integration with Tesla APIs. Know someone that would be a fit? Have them apply below 👇 https://lnkd.in/gPQWjfaG

Deep Dive: Twitter, YouTube and the future of the creator economy https://lnkd.in/ghCqNAW2 #creators #creatoreconomy #twitter #youtube #micropayments #subscription

Here are the 5 stories in technology, startups, and innovation that you need to know going into the long weekend! 🧵👇 1) TikTok is testing paywalled videos in effort to increase user growth and engagement. They are also considering increasing the share of revenue they pay to creators. 2) YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is stepping down after almost 25 years at Google. She will be replaced by the current CPO, Neal Mohan. 3) The White House announced a partnership with Tesla to open access to some of their Superchargers to non-Tesla EVs in the US. They also announced that Tesla will double their network of Superchargers. 4) Zoox got approval to test robotaxis with no steering wheel in Foster City, California. The trials are limited to employees on a one-mile route with a max speed of 35 miles per hour. 5) Outerbase (YC W23) launched a product to let you search and visualize your data without writing complex SQL queries. Outerbase is in the current Y Combinator cohort. Check out my full post for more detail and analysis on the stories above! https://lnkd.in/ggGUqWwA #innovation #data #technology #growth #startups #google #sql #network #tesla #engagement #writing #ceo #youtube

This week's top stories in technology, startups, and innovation that you need to know to fuel your conversations over Super Bowl weekend!👇 1) Microsoft and Google go to war on search engine AI. Both companies announce that AI chat bots will be incorporated into their products. 2) Galileo AI launched their flagship product to generate user interface design with a simple text prompt...and then let you edit it in Figma. 3) Twitter launches long form tweets as part of Twitter Blue - up to 4000 characters. 4) Redwood Materials granted $2 billion loan from The Energy Department to accelerate circular supply chain for battery materials. 5) SpaceX attempts static fire of 33 Raptor engines on Super Heavy rocket booster; setting stage for Starship orbital launch. Check out my full post for more detail and analysis on the stories above! https://lnkd.in/gkyvf4HR #innovation #technology #ai #energy #startups #google #supplychain #microsoft #interfacedesign #twitter #spacex #generativeai

This week's top stories in technology, startups, and innovation that you need to know going into the weekend!🧵👇 1) ARK Invest Released their annual “Big Ideas” Report - AI, Robotics, and Energy Storage top the list. More robots than humans at Amazon by 2030 and bitcoin to $1mm are a few of the bold predictions. 2) OpenAI created a tool to detect cheaters using generative AI and passing it off as their own work. This comes a few weeks after a Princeton student made a similar tool to help teachers. 3) Twitter announced they will remove free API access and replace it with a basic paid plan. This should help with bots and also generate revenue from people financially benefiting from the use of Twitter's data. 4) Microsoft released a premium-tier of Teams with integrated AI powered by GPT3.5. At $10 per seat, a 10% take rate could generate an additional $3.24 billion in ARR. 5) Apple disappointed with fiscal Q1 earnings missing for the first time since 2016. iPhone revenue was down 8.17% YoY. On a positive note, they announced 2 billion active installed devices worldwide. Check out the full post for more details on these stories and my full analysis. https://lnkd.in/gG2aHsiJ #energystorage #technology #innovation #ai #data #startups #microsoft #amazon #iphone #bitcoin #robotics

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Tesla is now an electricity retailer in Texas 🤯 So proud of the team for launching yet another groundbreaking product. I probably sound like a broken record, but to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy we need: 1) electric vehicles 2) clean energy generation (solar) 3) clean energy storage (batteries) Tesla Electric is a step in that direction and helps people with clean energy generation and strorage share their excess energy with others and be compensated at market prices. #electricvehicles #batteries #energystorage #solar #cleanenergy #electricity #tesla #energy

Working at a company as innovative as Tesla comes with a lot of "firsts".   Today, we became the first company to price physical items natively in Dogecoin on the Tesla Shop. You can purchase the same items, anywhere in the world, for the same amount of DOGE.   Super thankful for all of my amazing colleagues that worked to make this a reality!   What are you waiting for?! Go checkout the Tesla Shop and buy a Cyberquad in Dogecoin!  https://lnkd.in/e3Q36F8C