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this is one of the only good takes I have seen on Musk and the issue of how he is steering his brand. I think he is really foolish and truly dangerous but he is
by MrMan 4y ago
this is one of the only good takes I have seen on Musk and the issue of how he is steering his brand. I think he is really foolish and truly dangerous but he is no dumber than any other successful business guy when it comes to making big decisions. I am not that interested in how many D chess he is playing or if he is like Richard Branson and jut does things by feel. Branson is the brash marketer of past decades who I feel Musk most resembles - the brand is a direct extension of the person and the name goes on various different business. Dyson is another in a slightly similar vein and our former president is an exemplar of the style as well.
- legitster 4y agoHonestly, Musk kind of reminds me of turn of the century industrialists (Ford, Edison, etc). No formalized business training, no PR teams, no market analysis. They just had super brash (and often foolhardy) visions of what consumers would buy, took huge risks in bringing them to market, and brought in investors by charisma alone. And I think you have to be born with the exact level of EQ to be smart enough to know what's possible and what customers would want, but be dumb enough to still throw yourself into the problem and ignore every reason previous attempts had been unsuccessful.