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Jon McNeill’s lessons on innovation through subtraction


Before Jon McNeill was CEO at VC firm DVx Ventures, he was the president of Tesla and chief operating officer at Lyft. He helped Tesla grow its revenue

Before Jon McNeill was CEO at VC firm DVx Ventures, he was the president of Tesla and chief operating officer at Lyft. He recounted Tesla’s 2017 “ production hell ” when the company, facing bankruptcy, sought to boost digital sales of the $100,000 Model S by 20x. McNeill says the Model 3s were built this way, manually, for months, which helped Tesla simplify the production process further when the team eventually moved the line back inside the main building.

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