Wharton Entrepreneur Elon Musk's Appearance on Late Night TV + Exclusive Tesla Info Elon Revealed to DT! (VIDEOS)

This past Wednesday night (4/29/09), Penn alumnus Elon Musk (W'95, C’95) appeared on a popular late night TV program and discussed his electric sports car company Tesla Motors.

Find out:

• how much this car costs now(!)
• how the Tesla is environmentally friendly
• more about the electric car movement
• a preview of his sleek new, affordable Model S car which will come out in 2 years

At the end of the interview above, Dave cut Elon off just as Elon was about to make "an important point" about this new car. 

I emailed Elon and he told me that the "point was that the real comparison price for the Model S is under $35k, so it's comparable to a high end Ford Taurus, when you consider that gasoline costs a lot more than electricity."

Elon also did another interview late last week (see video below) with Charles River Venture Partner George Zachary. While this video isn't the best quality, Elon does mention Penn, as well as:

• his motivation behind his interest in cars
• what other transportation related projects Elon is interested in (inlcuding an electric plane!)
  
• more about the 2 companies he co-founded: SpaceX (space transportation company) and PayPal and how he broke into these businesses
• his dislike for firing people
• other CEOs in the Technology space from who he draws inspiration
• how this current political administration will be helping Tesla
• how he manages his time between running SpaceX and Tesla
  

On a related note, if you haven't already seen this movie, check out Who Killed the Electric Car...it's a fascinating documentary on the whole destruction of the electric car movement in the mid 1990s!

Musk was featured in the Nov/Dec issue of The Gazette HERE

Wikipedia info on Musk HERE

Other ways Penn and our alumni are going green HERE

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You'll Thank Him for Teaching You How to Make the Least of What's Left of Your Career

Jason Seiden (W ’95) will unleash your career potential and he’ll entertain you in doing so.

Jason’s latest book “How to Self-Destruct: Making the Least of What’s Left of Your Career” isn’t your traditional business book. ...Why you ask?

Per Jason,

“If traditional business books worked, Corporate America would be nirvana. If they were interesting, people would turn off "The Daily Show" to read them.  Look around: Corporate America is the opposite of nirvana, and 75% of Americans don't read.  Enter How to Self-Destruct: the wisdom you need, the entertainment you want. Expect to walk away feeling genuinely good about your position, feeling validated as a human, and feeling in control of what to do next.”

In addition to being an author, Jason is a consultant who helps Next Generation professionals navigate the minefield that he knows is ahead of them. How to Self-Destruct is a roadmap of that journey. He also works one-on-one with Next Gen professionals to do what he fondly refer to as "cranial/rectal extractions." ...What does this mean?

Per Jason,

"What holds people back in their careers usually isn't the challenge confronting them, it's the energy they waste stressing about the challenge in front of them. People know this.  Still, they knowingly feed their stress, embrace tunnel vision, and allow themselves to get overly emotional. We walk around with all the potential in the world, unable to use it because we've got our heads up their asses. What I do is help people regain perspective so they can get back to more success-oriented routines."

The tactics Jason sees people using to find new jobs seem almost guaranteed to result in failure. In the spirit of "How to Self-Destruct", per Jason, here are 5 easy ways to "job proof" your recession:

"1. Change your Twitter bio to read, “Looking for a job.” This is analogous to going to a bar wearing a shirt that reads, “Looking for a spouse.” We all know how this story ends. Like Van Halen said: “Jaime’s crying.”

2. Apply to millions of jobs. Why take the time to find the one job that’s right for you and put your passion into that, when you can put minimal effort into scores of applications and whiff them all?

3. Adopt a bad attitude. Because I bet interviewers just love it when candidates coming in dripping with resentment. Seriously, which is more bitter, you or your coffee? I hope it’s you.

4. Become one with the major job board. I know you like to talk about standing out. I also know that plan is super hard to execute when standing in the middle of a crowd of hundreds. Of thousands.

5. Really emphasize work/life balance. Employees: with so many people looking to replace you, it’s good to make it easy for them by announcing that you only want to work so hard for the money. Searchers: Ratchet down your chances by making the job hunt a part time endeavor!"

The list is continued, and anecdotes are provided at http://jasonseiden.com/how-to-job-proof-your-recession/

Check out the first 2 chapters of the book HERE +/- (click to expand)

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DuelingTampons.com helps alum win ABC News anchor position!

Back in early September, I encouraged DuelingTampons.com readers to help vote for Dara Cook (W'95) as a replacement anchor on ABC News Now's segment "What's the Buzz?".

Dara just emailed me to let me know that thanks to DuelingTampons.com and all your votes, she won (!) and that her first on-air interview is today (Tuesday, 12:30 pm) with 50 cent.

Click here to check your local listings to watch her!

Also, Dara tells me that Merry Miller is a guest on The View today (Tuesday), and The View hosts have been asked to plug Dara replacing Merry on What's the Buzz.

Click here to watch Dara's winning audition video

Click here to learn more about Dara's beginnings

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Dara Cook (C'95) needs your vote to guest anchor for ABC News

In replacing one of its anchors, ABC News Now has decided to challenge America to send in audition videos to guest anchor on "What's the Buzz"!

And Penn alum producer Dara Cook (W'95) is in the final 3 ...and she needs your vote by September 30!

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