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Anyone else feel that with Tesla’s production issues that Musk is spreading himself too thin? The optics on all of these side projects are not good. It’s hard e

• khazhoux 9y ago
  Maybe Musk himself doesn't matter much. If he installs good captains at each venture, he can play more of a Chairman role. He inspires, sets direction, and applies macro-level adjustment.
• dchuk 9y ago
  Musk is a marketing expert. Every time bad news is about to come out about one of his core businesses, he has some new distraction to push. I say this as a guy who admires him a lot, but it's plainly obvious that he knows how to control the narrative to divert attention away from business problems. It's very intriguing to watch.
  • Apocryphon 9y ago
    He's not too different from the current President in that regard.
  • icc97 9y ago
    I agree a lot of this is a good distraction from the Model 3 problems. However I wouldn't call him an expert more of a natural. Experts use carefully chosen examples based on a lot of research. I can't see how launching his car into space or selling flame throwers based on a clip from Spaceballs require careful thought to come up with the idea. These are pretty great in hindsight but coming up with and pushing through these ideas are not without a big chance of looking like an idiot. I'm reconning at the moment though that a second hand model S might be a better bet than a model 3