SolarCity CEO Lyndon Rive, with the DFJ ETL lineup. I […]

“The idea for SolarCity came to Lyndon Rive on a trip with cousin Elon Musk to Burning Man in 2004. “That’s when the light bulb went off,” Rive said.

A decade later, SolarCity is among the largest solar companies in the country, with operations in 19 states, 15,000 employees and 300,000 customers.

In ’99, we got our first funding from DFJ. Steve Jurvetson led that round. At 20 years old, I got my first $2 million check. I went, “Wow. OK.”

Q: Is there competition between you, your brothers, your cousins?
A: Business competition? No. There is no competition. Elon trumps all.”

There have been a number of great speakers recently. Here is the current lineup: http://etl.stanford.edu/
Video of the panel with Astro: http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=3568