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Probably less relevant in the musk case where he originally financed the organization and later took the ceo role. The “I believe and/or will fund this” + CEO c

Probably less relevant in the musk case where he originally financed the organization and later took the ceo role. The “I believe and/or will fund this” + CEO combines and confounds the effects. Sure maybe multiple people could have taken Uber from $100M of revenue to whatever the current day performance is, but at the end of the day it was him and the other two dudes (from the book) that quit their jobs and did it (and raised money from an Internet forum, etc). This is the whole man in the arena argument by Teddy Rosevelt. Easy to say from far, but probably harder to do; like that old saying that work gets harder the closer you get to actually doing it. Respectfully.

tomnipotent 6y ago
> originally financed the organization and later took the ceo role Regardless of him being a founder or a usurper, I don't think Tesla or SpaceX would have been the businesses they became without Musk. He was the primary driving force behind the initiatives that led to their current day success. It reminds me of the "but you didn't" argument, said in response to someone looking at a painting or piece of art and saying "I could have done that". Maybe many people could have done for Tesla what Musk has done, but they didn't.
- texasbigdata 6y ago
  :) Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenship_in_a_Republic https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenship_in_a_Republic “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” (1910)

tomnipotent 6y ago

> originally financed the organization and later took the ceo role Regardless of him being a founder or a usurper, I don't think Tesla or SpaceX would have been the businesses they became without Musk. He was the primary driving force behind the initiatives that led to their current day success. It reminds me of the "but you didn't" argument, said in response to someone looking at a painting or piece of art and saying "I could have done that". Maybe many people could have done for Tesla what Musk has done, but they didn't.

texasbigdata 6y ago
:) Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenship_in_a_Republic https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenship_in_a_Republic “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” (1910)