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Yes, of course he is. Most people are not talented enough to run one company, let alone have the time. The primary thing that concerns me is I understand his
by chickenbane 10y ago
Yes, of course he is. Most people are not talented enough to run one company, let alone have the time. The primary thing that concerns me is I understand his rush.
As Tesla is rushing towards the Model 3, they remain largely without competition from other electric cars. From Musk's point of view, it's completely logical to press your lead. Very soon it will be extremely hard for gasoline-powered vehicles to compete - the relentless engineering of electronics has made its way to automobiles. Has any other vendor seriously evaluated a charging solution aside from Supercharger?
I wish I lived in a world where Elon had better pick one damn company to run, because the market to build electric cars was so overwhelmingly competitive. Or where the utilities were so ahead in renewal energy creation and storage that Tesla would be silly to also have to go through the insane trouble of building a battery factory. Or acquire a solar company, lol.
Musk's achievements impress me especially in comparison to his peers. Who's bothering to challenge the dealership lobby? Who's ready to start pushing software updates over the air to their entire fleet? Hopefully Apple, Google, Amazon, Uber, etc get into the game and also contribute to pushing things forward. Because honestly the old guard hasn't made me as excited. I hope Elon inspires millions to be as disruptive.
- elmar 10y agoIn the words of Peter Thiel "Elon Musk the man who knows no risk" https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FvxrxpW2ckQ&feature=youtu.be&t=2484 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FvxrxpW2ckQ&feature=youtu.be&t...
- kornish 10y agoA friend at Stanford had a lecture taught by one of Musk's old friends who's now a partner at Greylock. The friend said they all used to fly to Vegas 10-15 years ago and that Elon used to just double down after doubling down at blackjack – that it was very indicative of his perception of risk. Apparently he and Peter Thiel also used to debate about who was going to get to Mars first. In the lecturer's words: "Yeah, looks like Elon is probably gonna win that one now."
- elmar 10y agothat's a great story it just reaffirms the "Know no Risks" personality.