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Elon Musk's "bold" ventures are the only things that excite me. Meaning, whenever I hear of a supposed "big idea" that's right around the corner (cough, cough
by sixQuarks 10y ago
Elon Musk's "bold" ventures are the only things that excite me. Meaning, whenever I hear of a supposed "big idea" that's right around the corner (cough, cough - Magic Leap), I basically dismiss it. Except when it has to do with Elon Musk.
He is the first to admit that his plans will probably fail, but he actually has an incredible track record over 10+ years.
- countryqt30 10y agoactually, a track record of 20+ years of burning investors money. He hasn't made any investor a single penny since over 20 years, and probably never will.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoSame here. I'm sceptical about most of the "big ideas" - most of them are marketing bullshit. Doubly so when it's a startup - the goal usually is to bullshit people so that they come on board and enable the founders to have their exit. But Elon Musk I trust. He's shown time and again that he honestly wants to realize those ideas, and not pursue them for the money. He also has a pretty good track record there. I'm hoping there will be more people like Musk though; I think we desperately need them.
- sixQuarks 10y agoYeah, unfortunately, people like Elon Musk are, in my highly imprecise estimation, 1 in a billion. Here's the sad part about this statistic: That means we should have 7 Elons alive today, but only 1 has bloomed into full potential. The rest, we will never know about due to them being born into repressed governments, and/or extreme poverty.