Slightly off topic, but an excellent read is "Elon Musk, Telsa, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future". It tells about the early challenges Elon faced, and I found it really interesting. It is availble on Amazon Kindle .Another more focused book just on Tesla, but talks about the huge early challenges it faced is Insane Mode - How Elon Musk's Tesla Sparked an Electric Revolution". Telsa had huge challenges that would make most people (including me), give up. It also is available on Kindle.

As to Verb, I am highly confident that Marketplace is the ticket to this thing taking off, as well as Verb TV. It may indeed be an interesting 3 months starting in December!