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like Steve Jobs with Apple and Pixar? like Elon Musk with Tesla and SpaceX? like Peter Thiel with Founders Fund and Clarium Capital?
by pclark 16y ago
like Steve Jobs with Apple and Pixar?
like Elon Musk with Tesla and SpaceX?
like Peter Thiel with Founders Fund and Clarium Capital?
- michaeldhopkins 16y agoWhat's going wrong with Tesla or SpaceX? They both seem successful to me.
- gyardley 16y agoThe parent comment is trying to point out that it is in fact possible to focus on two things at once.
- michaeldhopkins 16y agoIt's hard to tell because, as others have said, it's not clear that everyone on the list is successfully focusing on two projects.
- keiferski 16y agoI think that's the point - Musk is running both successfully.
- rudiger 16y agoClarium Capital has been performing terribly for years. However, I agree with your general point (that it is possible for one person to focus on two large projects).
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- Herwig 16y agoStill, Executive Chairman and CEO are two rather "big" titles. If he can juggle both and be successful I will be impressed. We will never really know how much effort he puts into each role.
- barredo 16y agodoes Steve Jobs spends as much time/effort in Apple as in Pixar? Does Steve tell Pixar animators a thousand "no" till the animation is done "right"? I would guess no. I think Pixar relies heavily (or at least more) on Lasseter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lasseter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lasseter) than on Steve Jobs ps. I would add Carmack with Armadillo Aerospace & ID Software, altough I dont think he is the 'CEO' of both
- pixx5 16y agoSteve Jobs spent 99.999% of his time at Apple.
- cellis 16y agoNone of those founders were actually successful with the other project. Steve Jobs bought then sold Pixar, and later sat on its board, owning a bunch of shares but not actually being involved operationally. Peter Thiel is not successful because of FF or CC, he's successful because of Facebook and Paypal (both at different times). With Elon Musk, you may have a case but I haven't read enough details to know. The main point the gp is making: Peter Thiel is known for: Paypal and after that Facebook Elon Musk is known for: Paypal and after that Tesla Steve Jobs : enough said.
- bdotdub 16y agoElon Musk was supposedly almost bankrupt a year or so ago: http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2010/06/22/on-the-eve-of-an-ipo-tesla-founder-elon-musk-claims-hes-broke/ http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2010/06/22/on-the-eve-of-an-ipo...
- pchristensen 16y agoClarification: He was wealthy but illiquid before the Tesla IPO. He did not realize how ungodly expensive his divorce would be - he had to pay for both sides since he was wealthier and his ex was happy to use his money to pay for legal time to maximize her take. Details: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elon-musk/correcting-the-record-abo_b_639625.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elon-musk/correcting-the-recor...
- ryanhuff 16y agoWhen your company (Square) is under competitive threats from multiple directions, you don't decide to start dating another company, even part time.