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>He was never a head of any of his companies. I'll be sure to remind people of this (and cite this comment) whenever anyone criticizes Elon Musk for something
by schiffern 4y ago
>He was never a head of any of his companies.
I'll be sure to remind people of this (and cite this comment) whenever anyone criticizes Elon Musk for something Tesla/SpaceX does. ;)
Just semantics but I am curious: what business titles do you consider "head" titles?
>also fits a random walk, where hundreds of other tech nerds simply walked into the wrong deals, hallways, etc.
Not really. To explain multiple enormous successes merely by random chance (and what's worse, claiming his odds are lower than average, ie "in spite of him") so vanishingly unlikely that it's a statistical impossibility.
- yowzadave 4y agoWell, once you’ve had that first big success, the subsequent ones become much more likely; you now have access to networks of people and money, a measure of notoriety, and chunk of cash that allows you to take numerous risks that others would not.
- cyanydeez 4y agoHe started none of those companies.
- schiffern 4y agoI asked about head-ing, not start-ing. What corporate titles does someone need to "head" a company? Elon founded SpaceX. That fact is totally uncontroversial, even among critics.