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  • LIZ: THIS HIGHLY UNUSUAL AND

  • CONTROVERSIAL EARNINGS CALL FOR

  • TESLA IS THE TALK OF WALL

  • STREET.

  • YOU CAN SEE THE STOCK SINKING,

  • THE MINUTE CEO ELON MUSK

  • STARTED INSULTING ANALYSTS AND

  • EVEN INSULTING HIS OWN GUESTS.

  • WE PULLED OUT SOME OF THE MOST

  • CONTROVERSIAL MOMENTS DURING

  • THE CALL.

  • LISTEN AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF.

  • >> EVERY DATA POINT THAT WE

  • LOOK AT INTERNALLY SUGGESTS

  • THAT WE ARE BEST IN CLASS, BUT

  • WE DON'T --

  • >> IT'S NOT A CLASS.

  • >> WE'RE THE BEST.

  • >> THE BEST IN CLASS.

  • >> SO WHERE SPECIFICALLY WILL

  • YOU BE IN TERMS OF --

  • .

  • LIZ: HERE WITH US RIGHT NOW,

  • GALILEO RUSSELL, A TESLA RETAIL

  • INVESTOR WHO CROWDFUNDED HIS

  • WAY ONTO THE TESLA CALL,

  • USUALLY RESERVED EXCLUSIVELY

  • FOR ANALYSTS AND INSTITUTIONAL

  • INVESTORS.

  • YOU'RE THE HOST OF YOUR OWN

  • YOUTUBE CHANNEL, HYPERCHANGE

  • TV.

  • HOW DID THIS COME ABOUT, THAT

  • YOU GOT TO ASK ONE QUESTION,

  • YOU WERE ON FOR 20 MINUTES

  • ASKING QUESTIONS OF ELON.

  • >> SO THE REVIEWS OF THE TESLA

  • CONFERENCE CALLS ARE ONE OF THE

  • MOST POPULAR VIDEOS ON MY

  • CHANNEL AND MY SUBSCRIBERS

  • SUGGESTED I TRY TO GET ON THE

  • CALL AND WANTED TO VOUCH FOR

  • ME, I STARTED A CAMPAIGN TO DO

  • THAT, AND 200 SHAREHOLDERS

  • TRIED TO GET ME ON THE

  • CONFERENCE CALL AND TWEETED

  • ELON AND HE WENT FOR IT AND

  • WANTED ME ON THE CALL.

  • LIZ: YOU PROBABLY THOUGHT YOU

  • WERE GOING TO GET ONE QUESTION?

  • >> DID I THINK I WAS GOING TO

  • GET ONE QUESTION, ASSUMED THAT

  • WOULD BE THE END OF THE CALL.

  • I PREPARED 10 TO 12 QUESTIONS

  • AND GOT A TON OF INFORMATION

  • FROM THE HYPERCHANGE COMMUNITY

  • AND MY FELLOW TESLA BLOGGERS.

  • I WAS READY TO GO, I KIND OF

  • RAN WITH IT.

  • >> YOU WERE ON THE CALL WITH

  • THE BIG BOYS, THE SO-CALLED

  • HEAVY HITTERS.

  • THE BARCLAY'S, DEUTSCH

  • ANALYSTS, I BELIEVE PIPER

  • JAFFRAY, GOLDMAN SACHS, MORGAN

  • STANLEY AND SUDDENLY HE CEDES

  • THE FLOOR TO YOU, AND WE WORKED

  • WITH ELON FOR YEARS.

  • I THINK I WAS THE FIRST

  • JOURNALIST ON TELEVISION TO

  • INTERVIEW HIM 100 YEARS AGO

  • ABOUT SPACEX, BUT MAYBE HE WAS

  • FEELING ATTACKED AND THOUGHT

  • I'M GOING TO GET SOFTBALLS FROM

  • YOU.

  • I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT YOU

  • STARTED ASKING HIM ABOUT THAT

  • VERY FLOOR THAT ELON AND I ARE

  • ON RIGHT NOW.

  • WHERE THEY MAKE THE TESLAS IN

  • FREMONT AND YOU BROUGHT UP THE

  • MODEL Y WHICH IS SUPPOSEDLY THE

  • NEW UPCOMING CAR.

  • YOU ASKED WILL IT BE MADE IN

  • FREMONT?

  • THAT MAKES NEWS, WHATEVER HIS

  • ANSWER IS, CORRECT?

  • >> THERE WAS A REUTERS REPORT

  • THAT IT WOULD START IN LATE

  • 2019 WHICH IS IN DIRECT

  • CONTRADICTION WITH THE PREVIOUS

  • CALL.

  • I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.

  • LIZ: ANOTHER ANALYST PUSHED HIM

  • AND SAID NO, IT'S GOING TO BE

  • WRONG, IT'S GOING TO BE

  • PROBABLY 2020, NOT 2019, RIGHT?

  • >> YES, EXACTLY.

  • LIZ: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF ELON

  • MUSK NOW?

  • HE WAS RATHER HARSH ON SOME OF

  • THE ANALYSTS.

  • DO YOU FEEL HE GETS A PASS

  • BECAUSE HE IS SUCH A DISRUPTER,

  • AND, YOU KNOW, LET'S KEEP IN

  • MIND GALLI, THREE QUARTER OF A

  • BILLION DOLLARS IN LOSSES THIS

  • QUARTER?

  • >> I THINK HE HAS LONG-TERM

  • RETAIL INVESTORS IN MIND AND

  • QUARTER AFTER QUARTER THAT

  • ANALYSTS ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT

  • THE ANALYST HE CUT OFF ASKING

  • SOMETHING THAT HAD BEEN

  • REFERENCED IN THE SHAREHOLDER

  • LETTER THAT HAD BEEN PUT OUT.

  • THEY'RE NOT ADDING VALUE TO THE

  • LONG-TERM STORY.

  • THERE WAS A TON OF PENT-UP

  • ENTHUSIASM TO GET THE NEXT

  • CAPITAL RAISE.

  • LIZ: HOW MANY SHARES DO YOU

  • OWN?

  • >> 54.

  • >> AT WHAT LOWEST POINT DID YOU

  • BUY?

  • >> ALMOST ALL THOSE I BOUGHT AT

  • ABOUT $200 PER SHARE.

  • >> YOU ARE UP 84 BUCKS PER

  • SHARE.

  • AND FINALLY THE YOUTUBE

  • CHANNEL, HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU

  • HAVE FOLLOWING YOU?

  • >> JUST A LITTLE AFTER 10,000

  • AFTER THE NEWS HIT.

  • LIZ: BEFORE THE CONFERENCE

  • CALL, HOW MANY?

  • >> ABOUT 8,000.

  • LIZ: ARE YOU GOING TO CONTINUE

  • WITH THE BACKWARD BASEBALL HAT?

  • I LIKE IT?

  • >> I TRY TO BE AUTHENTIC, THAT

  • IS WHAT'S MISSING FROM THE

  • SITUATION, PEOPLE SEE ANALYSTS

  • IN SUITS SUPER CORPORATE NOT

  • REPRESENTING THE SHAREHOLDER

  • AND THAT'S WHY I STARTED MY

  • CHANNEL, I WANT TO INSPIRE

  • MILLENNIALS TO TAKE AN INTEREST

  • IN FINANCE, BY SHOWING WHAT I

  • AM, I THINK I CAN DO THAT.

  • LIZ: TESLA, BUY, SELL OR HOLD?

  • >> HOLDING FOR TEN YEARS, SUPER

  • LONG-TERM.

  • LIZ: GOOD TO SEE YOU.

  • COME BACK ON THE NEXT CALL.

  • ARE YOU PICKING YOUR STOCK TO

  • MUSCLE YOUR WAY ONTO A

  • CONFERENCE CALL?

  • >> I ONLY OWN TESLA FOR RIGHT

  • NOW.

  • LIZ: YOU NEED TO BROADEN YOUR

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