Meet the backers
“To know each other we must reach beyond the sphere of our sense perceptions. We must transmit our intelligence, travel, transport the materials and transfer the energies necessary for our existence.”
- Nikola Tesla, 1905
The idea for a statue of Nikola Tesla in the Silicon Valley originated with Northern Imagination and was backed by 722 people on Kickstarter on June 2 2013. It was unveiled December 7, 2013.
Dorrian Porter, organizer / president of Northern Imagination, worked with Palo Alto developer Harold Hobach to identify a place for the Tesla Statue on Harold's commercial property located at 260 Sheridan Avenue in Palo Alto, California. The statue provides a free wi-fi signal and contains a time capsule to be opened in January 7, 2043.
Terry Guyer was commissioned as the sculptor.
Backers of the Tesla Statue on Kickstarter include the following people and groups
Ksenia Lakovic
Paul, Svetlana, Mark and Bruno Krneta
CJ Prober
Geoff, Andrea, Nick, Michael, and Katie Ralston
Keval, Susan & Akash Desai
Thawer Family
Tech Ambassadors
Dave & Ann Weiss
Kevin Kruse
Jovanka Ciric Vujkovic and Family
Linda Weinert and Bob & Georgia Lyon
Aleksandar Totic
James & Wendy Murdock
Pejdo Family
Sonja & Milan Jajic
Dana Drmanic
First Republic Bank Menlo Park
Mirjana Samardzija
Dejan Perkovic
Misha Burich
Griff Baker
Olivia.
Joseph & Jacqueline Chow
Rafael Gameros Reyes
Mark Reinstra
Lou Montulli
Amy Wong
Mike Murray
Jeremy Gundel
Bruce Felt
Takuang Donald Yang
Joel Kellman
Hany Nada
Charles Beeler
Daniel Aegerter
Michael Jung
Jovan Marjanovic
Ana Rosic
Tony Delas
Stephany Ayotte
Robert Abbott
Mark Suster
Joel Klompus
William R Johnson
Ralph Jenson
Andrian Budantsov
Emiko, Tabor, Di-Ann & Elies
Mila & Luka Razzaghi
Rajkovic Family
Lisa Bowie
Joachim De Lombaert
ARM Financial
Erwin, May, Chloe, Charlotte and Christina Loh
Relja Petrovic and Family
Nick J Howe
Trent Hodgeson
Royyuru Avinash
Glenn, Liam and Noah Luinenburg and Sheila Jacques
Ljiljana Borich
Karl & Lindsey Schramm
Michael Arthur Johnson
Yaniv Izaki
Raj Thimmiah
George L. Roman
Elena & Zoran Knezevic
Zeljorad Maricic
Joshua K. Adams
Sinisa & Mirjana Peric
David Wieland and Family
Adzich Family
Kelvin Kan and Family
Masako Lien Petty Le and Family
Katarina & Novak Avlijas
Rick Mathieson - President, Mathieson Integrated
Slavko Fodor
Thomas L. Robinson
Nikola Mihajlovic
Dusko Zgonjanin
Gordan Jankovic
LTC & Mrs Nenad Matich
Adam "Pipe" Fitting
Eric and Erin Bush
Scott Russell Nichols
The Stephens Family
Milana (Mim) Bizic, Nick, Dana and Jocelyn Bizic
Jonathan Wand
Terrasse Atelier
Amy Eleache Snelgrove
James Gosling
Jennifer Hagan
Dan Zivkovic
Brian Zimmer
Andrija Bosnjakovic
Kurt H.
Sascha Pallenberg
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Rodrigo Lopez
James Yong
Vijay Shekhar Sharma
Jevin Saini
Mike Davies
Berkeley Scott of Vancouver, BC, Canada
Jeff Annison
Jason Tokoph
Ferris Jennings
Zoran Vukmirica
Salman Razzaque
Madhumita Datta
Mark Pilipczuk
Ivan Mitrovic
Riley Lu
Dennis Daniel Rui Plug
Julius Kare Hellén
M&B Vlaovic
Roger Smiley
Jamie Shulman
Ralph Kerwin
Thomas Edward Watson
Melody Bliss
Paul Kedrosky
Gary Lipkowitz
Anant Narayanan
Voja Samsalovic
Tara Zoe Tomic
Nikola Lonchar
Pasi Kemppainen
Zorica Caklovic
Goran Radulovic
Dale Dougherty
Jessica Osterhout
Aaron Mangal
Brett E. Battles
Edward Stumpf
Dmitry Kohmanyuk
Jordi Valls
Anthony Hills
Raul Mujica
Bugmaster
Zack Urlocker
Lawrence Aaron Buchanan
Michelle Srbinovich
Jill A. Ackerknecht
Jade Higashi
Michael J. Kidd aka Linuxkidd
Todor Bezbradica
Craig and Lisa Elliott
Pete Johnson
Steve Olic
Amanda Baluch
Steven Duncan
Adrian Kunzle
Marcus Kazmierczak
Tejpaul Bhatia
Arman Kolukcija
Eric Ortiz
Ronke Babajide
Jason Seed
Jeremy Ashley
Mila Petkovic
Vladimir Pezel
D N Weitzel
Martin van der Merwe
Rachel Sklar
Adarsh Darapaneni
Anonymous
Janet Rolsma
Jay Gopalakrishnan
Denis Radovanovic
Laura Marriott
Panos Ipeirotis
Stockmarr
VerbFactory
Jonathon Perrelli
Greg Wright
Steven Lyons
Vesna Djinovic
Tanya White
Dominic Massetti
Jamie McGinley
Mary Couse
Matthew Ewer
Richard Berman
Eric Giler
Hal Gottfried
Matt Hargett
Tim Eaton
Caroline Landers
JP Bolles
Saurabh Jain
Devin Ozel
Robert A. Oklejas
Jeremy Kuempel
Jelena & Mickey Pesic
Paul Hulett
Sergio Cardoso
J Olejar
Carlos de la Lama-Noriega
Benjamin "Thumper" Lott
Joshua Santos
Brendan Morrissey
Micah Laaker
Robert Gable
Max Bogue
Paul Caballero
Bianca Woods
Mike Zivkovic
Keisha Wright
Lana Todorovich
Russell Hancock
James Finch III
Vesna Kordić
J. Peter Meng
Predrag Djokic (Lebane)
Will Erokan
Mark Fekete
Kevin Barry
Amacker Bullwinkle
Patrick Wright Hickey
Tina Uzun
Gregoire de Mercey
Zorica Radakovic-Guzina
The Bilbija Family
Jeff Kazanow
Zoran Vila
Michael J White
Vlad Georgescu
Niv Dror
Diana J. Brodie
Meghan Prober
Andrew Madsen
Tim & Vera Watkins
Katy Manck (BooksYALove)
Daniel and Johanna Pack
Dushan Gasich
Douglas Fairbairn
Brandon M. Hanes, Esquire
Aaron Fyke
David Ton-Li Tsai, Jr.
Jackie Banda
Edmund I. Burgess
Scott Johnston
Rick Ritter
Prawda jest siÅ'a – Peter Bazyluk
Maria Cline
Nathan Paul Monfette
Ralph J. Terzich
Zoran Duma
Zachary T. Irwin
Andre Berg Bragason
Matt and Gretchen Tucker
Derek Prusak
Wood Family
Alex Cowan
Vinay Ramakanth and Geetha Shekar
Eric "Cornerman" Carver
Dirk Hanson
Lisa McPherson
Chris Saylor
Dr. Jon
Jason A. Hutchinson
Devin Ronge
Zack Tamble
Michael Van Biesbrouck
Floremin Mešić
Edmond Paul Cormier Jr.
Bryan Oley
Rajat Agarwal
Brian McLeod-Young
Justin Palmen
Alexander Nomura
Pamela Nomura
Brian Murphy
Terri Murphy
Cat Woneis
David J. Gatto
Colin Rogers
Kate Bryan
Michael Sellers
Chun Kai Phang
James Gillis
Jan Pool
Michael T. Rhoades
Zoran V. Ilic
Adnan Dado Kljuco
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Trevor Braden
T. Skelton
John Treacy
Joy Trujillo
Daniel L. Reese
A.I. Ruiz
Parker Thompson
Adrian J. George III
Stacey Jessiman
Raymond McNaughton
Adrienne Victor
Guillaume Narbonne
The Frost Family
Nathan Clevenger
Nikhil Raveendranathan
Jane Alcorn
Jonathan Kirst
Brian Bason
The Hokama Family
David Hoover
Zeb Feldman
Bill Kempthorne
Monica Bell
David Oroshnik
Charles
Milo Olavson
Joe R Frazier
Zoran Nikolin
Tom Coughlin
Justin Oberman
Rob Millis
Anika Filipovic
Hemanshu Narsana
Adnan Chatriwala
Adam Kramer
Edvard Major
Khaled Smadi
Team Indus
Daniel Cortes Ampuero
Mita Carriman
DeWitt Clinton
Devin
Luke Gotszling
Valentine
Bill Frischling
Vladica Stanisic
James Mc Pherson
Mila Vukojevic
Hope Karan Gerecht
Filip
Edvard Major
Kay Luo
Leo Chen
Pete Kastner
Peter Carlsson
Howard Lipman
Daniella Mandic
Dragisa Krsmanovic
Jovica Spasic
Aen, Frjin & Nuon
Milan Vrekic
Philip D Tucker
Jason A. Wolf
Erik de Vos
Robert Quattlebaum
Ajay Kalia
Matjaz Lipus
Andrew Houston, Chester UK
Tim Driedger
Frederick Billowes
Christopher R. Souser
Nicole Benson
Udnaan
Julie Guggemos
J&T Servinis
David W. Shaw
Daniel Ricciotti
Matthew I Finneran
Matthew P Hoying
Swapnil Jain
Jean-Paul Schmetz
Joel Pomales
Oren Salomon AKA Jew Chainz
David Signoff
Small Gang
Rasmus Jarl
Robert Gaal
Djordje Petrovic
Marko Cvetković
Daniel S.
Vitomir Jevremovic
Tom Haswell
Igor Salindrija
Rade Popovic
Andrej Fajgelj
Brad Kohlenberg
Francine Hardaway
Takeshi Young
Jeff DiMaio
Mascha van der Graaff
James Lynch III
Laurie Sefton
Kate Webber
M. Simbirsky
Danimir Ljepava
Akhil K. Anumolu
Walter Ludwig
Peter Tierney
The Bacons
Minya Livada
Kim Darling Soerensen
Daniel Chalef
Andreas Ch. Baumann
Michelle A Lee
Homans family - Susan, Bud, Zach
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Robert - Jennifer - Veronica
Susan R Grossman
Mikey NE6RD Pechner
Dylan Swain
Kamesh Rao
Cass Hennig
Sha Feng
Darko Mandic
Marjorie Apel
Andrew Radin
Jonathan Breslin
John Jovan Lukich
Mitch Mastroni
Harry Saal
Matthew Mellea
Brandon Schorsch
Gavin L. Thomas
Nina Fabiano
Angelika Blendstrup
Mike Thornton
Aaron Newcomb
Cristin L Boydstun
Albert Hartman
Andrey Goder
Adam Leeper
Misha Dynin
Tor E Hagemann
Doreen Merich
Steve Swarner
Dusan Jovanovic
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Julian E Gómez
Robert Burden
Ajith Peter
Susan Taylor
Nick Grossman
David Andrew Reed
Megan Wolf
Mason Rourman
Tlainen Tartarus
Mukund Menda
Tekelala
Jean Moore
Denise General-Booth
John & Jana Rokos
Harry, Sam & Julia Hirschman
Andy T Burke
A.Praveen Kumar (PraveenMax)
Simon Vanden Bussche
Mireia Gimenez
Kathy Ratcliffe (The Quantumologist)
Eugene Bos
Samir Rajic
Derek Farren
Vasiliy Aboymov
Professor Michael Pravica, Ph.D.
Ross Lerner
Zoran Belisce
Venus Celexus
Robin Wemmenlöv
Camilo Moreno
Federico Cavalieri
Jonathan García Carnicero
Petr Bela
Thomas M. Johnson
Gordana Obradovic
Julian E Gomez
Mustafa Bagdatli
Vladimir Tomic
D.M Egan
Elaine Bewsell
Devin Santos
Michael T. Halligan
Hannah Rankin
Bobbie Schafer
John Hills
Cathy Rhodes
Jennifer Churchill
Dipanshu
Annie Dunbar
Garret
Gaurav Gandhi
Miki Stojakovic
Chiara Calò
Tyler Wang
Avi Yashchin
Paul Geoffrey Steffens
Joel Dietz
Aaron Cohen
Christian Brucculeri
Henrik de Gyor
Roberto A. Colon Quinones
Matt Parker
Miloš Spasojević
Aleksej B. Vojanov
Manuel Schaeffer
Lyrania
Ryan Deliel Christensen
Milos Spasojevi
Gregory J Schmidt
Gustavo Goldenberg
Thomas Klemm
Ante Zoraja
Max Horstmann
Roland Ligtenberg
Ussal Sahbaz
David "Yoda" Odie
Tomas Virgl
Wei Jie Cheng !SHShenhua!
Jensen Kile
Ben White
Robin Lange
Anthony Holmes Staten
Andrey Bogoyavlenskiy
Jeff Siegel
Luka Paunović
Karl Tryggvason
John Saroff
Jennifer Geraghty Burner
Frank Swehosky
Bill Dubi
Ørjan Handegård
Cedric Meury
Mihailo Karamarkovic
Lisa L. Kirchne
Dave Brankin
Aria Allum
Daniel Ray
Elaine
Roy Hurst
Bethany Sumner
Omar Hakim
Jordan Skole
Eliana Sur
Igor Soldat Beograd
Ariel Bravy
Ron Reiter
Will Reese
Paul Tannenbaum
Christofer Garner
Joseph Very Armstrong
Stephen Boot
Mark Bellamy
Gus Fune
Corey Tucker
Dirk Haupt
John Prikkel
James Hyongsup Kim
Ing. Jorge Javier Alarcón Cadena
MJ Logue
Heather Kennedy
A Vragovic
Meghan Jenks
John "Wilki" Wilkinson
Alyssa Garver
The Lackey Sisters
Justin Spangaro
Astra Plumarum
Alastair Dawkins
Paul Lantow
David Torcivia
Kyle Prohaska
Doug Hill
Milan Glendza Petrovic Njegos
Stephen King III
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Nikola Krzalic
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Salomon Konig
Sébastien Flury
Serg S Rezanov
Scott A. McKay
451 Degrees - Pat Giblin
Kevin Scully
Katina Z. Jones
Paul Edmondson
Johnathan Browning
Kim obKimmer Sannes
Carson Loveridge
Sir Pugglesworth Lovebottom III
Jason L
Darren Fix
Andee Franklin
Peter Moore
Virginia Brown
James Miller
Aubrey Erickson
Kit Jose
Jason J. Jones
Michael Burke Jr.
Dave Russell
Matthew NM Gulliver
Corey Davies
John Crozier
Sven Piper
David J. Namdar
Demian Walendorff
Francois Mathieu
Clifford "Cliff's Notes
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Bret & Tina Prichard
Brian LaShomb
Jesse Taggart
Zakharov Sawyer
Michael Borromeo
Wojciech Romaszkan
Kyle Joswiak
Ben Johnson
Peter Jihoon Kim
Eric Hegberg
Dustin Walton
Kaspar Wong
Michael Shane Thaller
Russell Auer
Jordan Michael Lockhart
Ray "BadServo" Taylor III
Rodrigo Valades
Timo Lessmoellmann
Titus Fogg
Christopher Safarik
Riccardo "Hammer" Nauti
Nicolas Allgaeuer
Ralf Achenbach
Arun Jaladi
Kalle Stauffer
Daniel Plummer
Cameo Wood
Jeremy Au Hon Fai
Peyton Alford Mandzic
Alexandra Hebda