Game console sales over 40 years:

First online purchase: a pizza in 1994.

Elon Musk interview in 2004: “We’re beginning to see the dawn of a new era of space exploration. But one that is driven by companies as much, if not more, than by government.”

On this day in 1999: Napster launched

Valuations of Tesla & SpaceX: 2020: $200 billion (combined) 2010: $2 billion (combined)

Number of LinkedIn users: 2020: 690 million 2019: 645 million 2018: 550 million 2017: 500 million 2016: 450 million 2015: 400 million 2014: 300 million 2013: 200 million 2011: 100 million 2009: 50 million 2007: 10 million 2004: 500,000 2003: launch

In 1975, IBM released the first mass produced portable computer. It weighed 55 pounds and cost the equivalent of $75,000 today.

Zoom’s annual revenue: 2020: $623 million* 2019: $331 million 2018: $152 million 2017: $61 million (*average analyst estimate)

Microsoft’s valuation: 2020: $1.39 trillion 2010: $290 billion 2000: $550 billion 1990: $15 billion (numbers are inflation adjusted)

Zoom’s first quarter revenue: this year: $328.2 million last year: $121.9 million 2 years ago: $60.1 million 3 years ago: $26.8 million