"Whatever else may have gone into what must be the most miraculous month in auto sales history, the resulting $11 million single-quarter profit turned out to be the spark that turned Tesla into a stock market phenomenon. Within days of announcing its Q1 profit, Tesla sold more than $1 billion worth of stock and convertible bonds and used the proceeds to pay off the DOE loan completely."
Fascinating book but I'm probably not going to care enough to finish it