Elon Musk Biographer and Businessweek Writer Ashlee Vance

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Elon Musk Biographer and Businessweek Writer Ashlee Vance

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Jun 22, 2015

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Veteran tech journalist Ashlee Vance (NYT, Businessweek) joins Mike to talk about Ashlee’s best-selling biography of Elon Musk. Ashlee goes behind the scenes to talk about PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla and SolarCity, Elon’s personality and working style, and why he’s more like Thomas Edison than Steve Jobs.

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Jun 22, 2015

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