I see Zip2 and PayPal as being vital lessons in Musk’s approach to management and control that he learned from and applied to his future ventures. The introduction of external venture capital and dilution of his own shares meant that Musk was powerless to resist being ousted as CEO of Zip...
Zip2 and PayPal. Both Tesla and SpaceX were on the brink of bankruptcy as a result of the 2008 recession and many thought Musk would fail again. But he persisted and didn’t give up. Elon Musk learned from his earlier mistakes, and anyone can look at his experiences to find inspiration...
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Lives of author and Elon Musk have taken slightly different paths by Mark • October 2, 2024 • 4 Comments I like books. And on the rare occasions when I’ve read my comic book until their memorized and all of my coloring books are complete, I break out something more serious. Suc...
The biggest lesson I’ve learned is that hurt people hurt people, and kindness is just as contagious. So if you can focus your efforts on engineering kindness, it will prevail. Whitney Wolfe Herd The biggest lesson I learned from my dad is to support children even if they’re doing someth...
up from scratch.This creativity and innovation is often borne out of necessity, such as tight budgets.Both criminals and start-up founders “question authority, act outside the system and see new and clever ways of doing things,” said Goodman.“Either they become Elon Musk or El Chapo.” ...
The pandemic situation has been still developing, continuous observations and research are important to be conducted to provide as many benefits from this challenging development in the energy industry. Although COVID-19 caused many energy-related challenges, with learned lessons and proper actions, it...
A successful business does not get established by mere chance, but by making learned and calculated decisions. With the number of responsibilities that lie on the shoulder of an entrepreneur, it is no surprise that impulsive behaviour can pose a massive setback for the business. Regardless of the...
One thing that should be learned from the bitter lesson is the great power of general purpose methods, of methods that continue to scale with increased computation even as the available computation becomes very great. The two methods that seem to scale arbitrarily in this way are search and lea...
Here are some lessons that I have learned along the way from a variety of role models. 1) Have a grand vision–Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO, CTO As a leader, you can inspire and motivate your team to tremendous effect by communicating a vision in a clear, straight-forward way. But don’t...