#101 Tesla War Stories, Self-Driving at Waymo, and Building the Salesforce of BOM (Spencer Penn of LightSource)

About this episode

In this episode, Spencer Penn shares insights from his experiences at Tesla and Waymo, discussing the future of electric and autonomous vehicles.

Topics: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:03:43) - Heroes and inspirations (00:07:14) - The rise of Chinese electric vehicles (00:12:13) - The Tesla experience (00:31:04) - Tesla's rapid development and industry impact (00:32:54) - The culture of speed and frugality at Tesla (00:34:10) - Elon's leadership and pressure tactics (00:37:22) - Transitioning from Tesla to Waymo (00:39:43) - Waymo's organizational structure and challenges (00:43:35) - The future of autonomous vehicles (00:54:34) - Founding Light Source and addressing procurement issues (01:00:23) - Conclusion and final thoughts Links: LightSource - https://lightsource.ai/ Spencer on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/spenpenn/ Preorder the Book of Elon - https://a.co/d/02huhEee To support the costs of producing this podcast: >> Buy a copy of the Navalmanack: www.navalmanack.com/ >> Buy a copy of The Anthology of Balaji: https://balajianthology.com/ >> Sign up for my online course and community about building your Personal Leverage: https://www.ejorgenson.com/leverage >> Invest in early-stage companies alongside Eric and his partners at Rolling Fun: https://angel.co/v/back/rolling-fun >> Join the free weekly email list at…

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Host: Eric Jorgenson

Guest: Spencer Penn

Topics covered

• Tesla
• Waymo
• autonomous vehicles
• electric vehicles
• entrepreneurship
• leadership
• procurement

Keywords

• Tesla
• Waymo
• electric vehicles
• autonomous vehicles
• leadership
• procurement
• entrepreneurship
• Chinese electric vehicles

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tesla, Waymo, LightSource, Salesforce

Places: China

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