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Tesla's Q4 2020 delivery report is hot off the press!!! It's ANOTHER record quarter, with deliveries of 180,570 and production of 179,757. This represents 29% sequential growth (from Q3's record), and 61% year over year growth. For the full year, Tesla delivered 499,550 cars, just a smidge shy of the company's original (pre-COVID) 2020 delivery guidance. WOW! What a year for Tesla ... and it looks...

Masterworks is democratizing fine art investing. The startup has created an online platform that allows consumers to invest in paintings for as little as $20. By securitizing multi-million dollar paintings and opening them up to the masses, Masterworks is disrupting the art collection & resale market. There are already 100,000 investors on the Masterworks platform. In this interview, I discuss...

nterview with Jordan Giesige from The Limiting Factor about QuantumScape, what to make of the latest investor day/battery data presentation. We discuss what it will take to scale QuantumScape's pouch cell into a full pack, and how they seemed to ignore the advances from Tesla's Battery Investor Day. I think QuantumScape's valuation of ~$26B ($73.73 per share), seems ridiculous based on what the co...

Walkthrough of my open-source model for Tesla's 2021 financials. From vehicle deliveries, to revenue, gross profit, EBIT, to cashflow, I cover all my projections for Tesla's next 5 quarters. Between increasing FSD prices, and ramping production, Tesla's intrinsic earnings power appears to be compounding at 100%+.

Interview with Michael Saylor, CEO of MicroStrategy. His company has an $800M Bitcoin position and is buying more. As Bitcoin becomes better understood as a store of value (digital gold 2.0), should more companies adopt MicroStrategy's approach and keep Bitcoin instead of cash/treasuries on the balance sheet?! My vote is yes.  As a Bitcoin investor and enthusiast since 2013, it's fascinating...

I sat down with Zachary, a 12 year-old investor and financial YouTuber. We discuss how he picks stocks, what got him into the market, and what companies he's following. From Arcimoto, to Tesla, Square, Cash App, Bitcoin, Paypal, Paysafe, Roblox & more ... we cover it all. I had a blast talking to Zachary, the 'Young Investor', thanks for coming on the show!! :)

The influencer business is booming. From Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop, Jake Paul's boxing matches, Travis Scott's Fortnite concerts to Genies digital avatars. We are in the golden age of influencers, and it's just getting started. In this interview with my friend Luke Pappas, a Principal at the Silicon Valley VC firm NEA, we discuss the evolving social media landscape, and power of personal brands. Who...

Tesla stock closed today at an all-time high of $642 per share, valuing the company at ~$650B. That values Tesla at 18.6X price/sales, 78X price/gross profit and 203X price/EBIT ... based on Q3 2020 financials. In this rant I breakdown why I'm still holding my shares despite this seemingly 'crazy' valuation, and how I philosophically think about valuing technology equities. Please leave your thoug...

Going live to talk to you about Tesla! I got a bunch of random schemes to share with you and ideas to bounce around!! I think I have 10 different ideas of $100B companies, Tesla could create, let's talk about em! :) Remember, nothing in the show is financial advice and I'm a biased Tesla shareholder!

It's official, Tesla is joining the S&P 500 on December 21st, and it's not happening in tranches. Is this going to trigger panic buying, a potential Index Tracking Fund Squeeze? I call up my friend, and legendary Tesla Twitter member James Stephenson to get the inside scoop on what this news means for Tesla shareholders! Huge thanks to James for joining!

This is one of the most fascinating business case studies in the world right now. Zoom has enabled the whole world to work from home! Going live to watch Zoom Q3 2020 earnings come out and analyze them on HyperCharts! Let's see how much money Zoom is making :)

I had the honor of sitting down with Arcimoto's first customer, Eugene-legend, Lynn Frohnmayer. We discuss what it was like getting used to owning an Arcimoto, how safe it is, if it will ever use Tesla batteries, and how it lives up to the name 'Fun Utility Vehicle.' Huge thank you to Mark for hosting me in Eugene, and Lynn for podcasting. This was so much fun!

Rumors are that Warren Buffett has secretly taken a large stake in Tesla. This would be very uncharacteristic of Buffett to make a big bet on a bold CEO, leading a fast growing technology firm. But I think it's possible and makes total sense. We pitched a moonshot in 2017 that Warren Buffett should buy 5% of Tesla for $3B (which would now be worth more than $20B). It's ok, better late than never!...

Interview with Rodney Hooper of RK Equity about Tesla's raw materials supply chain strategy. We cover Battery Day announcements, Tesla's plan to get into clay lithium mining, how the EV boom will impact raw material prices (lithium, nickel, graphite and more). I think Tesla's ability to source high quality battery materials is a key competitive advantage

An interview with Carlos Soto, the Founder of Nosotros Tequila, the startup behind the legendary Tesla Tequila product. We talk about the special 15 month aged Anejo that was developed especially for Tesla. Each bottle comes in a hyper-artisanal handblown glass lightning bolt bottle (eerily similar to the HyperChange logo ;). In the podcast we discuss how Carlos started Nosotros, what makes them d...

Nerding out on Tesla's financials, revenue, gross profit, return on assets, unlevered free cash flow, FSD revenue, and so much more with Mayur Thacker. We come the conclusion that Tesla is one of the most fascinating business case studies to watch, defying almost all auto industry financial norms. Tesla's simultaneous growth and efficiency improvements are unheard of, and (in our opinion) justify...

I caught up with Jordan Giesige of The Limiting Factor, my favorite battery YouTuber. We analyzed all aspects of Tesla's battery investor day, from the new 4680's tabless design, to cell to structure manufacturing, the $25,000 Model 2, silicon anodes, cathode production, clay mining, tesla airplanes & even a Tesla cyber cargo ship!!! It was EPIC! thanks so much to Jordan for joining.

Interview with Turner Novak, partner & Chief Meme Officer at Gelt VC. Turner is an expert & thought leader on consumer social apps, especially Tik Tok, Snapchat & Instagram. In this episode we dive into the future of social media and why everybody is working on a smartphone (and why Tik Tok should launch one).

Tesla has increased it's CAPEX guidance, and plans to spend between $4.5-$6B on Capital Expenditures over each of the next two years. These investments are to ramp vehicle production, and build out new battery production lines for the 4680 cell (my guess). This is a super exciting development as Tesla invests like crazy to scale to millions of vehicles per year. These are the moves that will put t...

Arcimoto announced a partnership this morning with DHL, to deliver the Fun Utility Vehicle (FUV) to the 48 continental United States. This is really exciting news, as Arcimoto ramps up production and gears up for its goal of producing (and delivering) 50,000 units per year. I'm joined by Mark Frohnmayer CEO & Founder of Arcimoto to discuss this news.

Going over Tesla's Q3 2020 earnings, shareholder letter & conference call wit Brian Feroldi of the Motley fool. We cover the blowout Q3 financial results, new FSD beta rollout, Tesla Berlin, Tesla Austin, the solarroof and more. This was recorded on Thursday, 10/22

Tesla's highly anticipated 'FSD beta' software update is now being set out to a handful of lucky customers. Although you have to oversee the vehicle, this new feature allows you to plug in a destination and the car to start driving there (all by itself). Wow. This is already going viral, and it should be. Tesla is leveraging the data from these early customers to improve the system, before a wide...

Analyzing Tesla's Q3 2020 Earnings & conference call!! Sharing my thoughts and analysis on Tesla's record breaking quarter after the conference call!

Tesla Q3 2020 earnings preview! I'm projecting Tesla will grow revenue by more than 30% to ~$8.3B, and produce about ~$500M in operating income (excluding any impact from Elon's stock compensation package). What I'm most curious about on the conference call is the production ramp of Tesla's new 4680 battery cell, and any details surrounding the plans announced at Battery Day! What are you expectin...

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