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    Forrest North

    Forrest North

    Early Tesla Engineer, Founded Mission Motors, Founded Xatori (PlugShare), built Solar Cars at Stanford. Love EV's. Working on Micromobility.

    Entrepreneur Palo Alto Stanford University '01
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    Experience
    Recargo
    Recargo
    Board Member
    Recargo
    Recargo
    COO 2013 - 2016 (over 3 years)
    Xatori
    Exit
    Xatori
    CEO 2010 - 2013 (about 3 years)
    Xatori
    Xatori
    Board Member
    Xatori
    Exit
    Xatori
    Founder
    Ambature
    Ambature
    Product Strategist/Inventor 2010 - 2011 (about 1 year)
    Mission Motors
    Mission Motors
    Founder
    Tesla
    Exit
    Tesla
    Mechanical Engineer 2005 - 2007 (almost 2 years)
    Velocity
    Velocity
    Mechanical Designer 2003 - 2005 (about 2 years)
    Stealth-Mode Startup
    Stealth-Mode Startup
    CEO 2018 - Present (over 7 years)
    Micromobility hardware startup. Coming soon.
    mLab
    mLab
    Entrepreneur in Residence 2018 - 2019 (6 months)
    Lead a wonderful team through a 3 month incubation period and formed a company at the end.
    FreeWire Technologies
    FreeWire Technologies
    VP of Engineering 2017 - 2018 (about 1 year)
    Mission Motors
    Mission Motors
    Founder and CEO 2007 - 2010 (over 2 years)
    Founder
    Mission Motors, Xatori
    Employee
    Tesla, Xatori, Recargo, Ambature, Velocity, Mission Motors, FreeWire Technologies, mLab, Stealth-Mode Startup
    Investor
     
    Incubator
     
    Advisor
     
    Attorney
     
    Board Member
    Xatori, Recargo
    Mentor
     
    Member
     
    Acquired
     
     
    Projects
    Stanford Solar Car Project
    Designing, building and racing EV's that run on Sunlight
    Team Leader · Pushing the boundries of EV's and Solar.
    PlugShare
    Electric Vehicle Charger Locating app
    Best app for finding Charging Stations for EV's
    Armen Petrosian
    With Armen Petrosian
     
    Education
     
    About
    Achievements

    Launched high profile Electric Motorcycle Company Mission Motors. Raised $3m, launched at TED, achieved landspeed record and 4th place finish at the first ever TTXGP. Founded PlugShare app, #1 charging station finder app, sold to Recargo and then to Innergy. 14 Patents issued many more filed.

    Describe the most impressive thing you've done.
     
    Q&A
    What's the most useful business-related book you've ever read?

    From Good to Great

    What's your favorite non-business book?

    Guns, Germs and Steel

    If money were not an issue, what would you be doing right now?

    Saving the world.

    What words of advice would you give your younger self?

    Buy a house in Palo Alto!

    What's the most creative thing you've ever done?

    Built a landyacht out of my old 78 VW bus and sailed it in the desert.

    Which founders or startups do you most admire?

    My last companie's Co-founder Armen Petrosian. He is incredible.

    What's your super power?

    Tree Climbing

    What's the best way for people to get in touch with you?

    text

    What aspects of your work are you most passionate about?

    ideas

    What was the most impactful class you took in school?

    Too many to list.

    What's something you wish you had done years earlier?

    Travelled more after college.

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