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> Start at being born to an emerald mine owner (or equivalent) and use that capital for your first business Zip2 was the first company Elon started: https://tw
by koonsolo 4y ago
> Start at being born to an emerald mine owner (or equivalent) and use that capital for your first business
Zip2 was the first company Elon started: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1211064937004589056 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1211064937004589056
"We started Zip2 with ~$2k from me plus my overclocked home-built PC, ~$5k from my bro & ~$8k from Greg Kouri (such a good guy — he is greatly missed).
My Dad provided 10% of a ~$200k angel funding round much later, but by then risk was reduced & round would’ve happened anyway."
> from a place of uninformed jealousy
"Daddy provided the capital for his first business" seems both uninformed and jealous.
- iancmceachern 4y agoYour points here serve to back up the points of the comment you replied to, not yours.
- koonsolo 4y agoThat's probably because your standards are different than mine. I don't call a $20K investment "capital from an emerald mine owner", I call that "pocket money". Your consultancy firm probably earns more than that in a month. Or not?