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This guy is my hero, more so than any entrepreneur out there. What always fascinates me about Elon's story is his ability to self-teach himself the subjects he
by reason 15y ago
This guy is my hero, more so than any entrepreneur out there.
What always fascinates me about Elon's story is his ability to self-teach himself the subjects he needs to effectively compete in an industry. He literally taught himself rocket science. I can barely finish a book on business.
- brandall10 15y agoSame here... when people ask "where will the next Steve Jobs come from" - my attitude he's already amongst us, and his goals are loftier and perhaps more socially pragmatic. Keep in mind the man wants see Mars in his lifetime, taken in that perspective learning rocket science is a pretty small feat. Creating SpaceX is the first step to that goal, and leaving anything on the table - ie. just being a CEO/leader, and not being able to work hand-in-hand with the engineers/scientists he has under employ is a risk. To me, the key takeaway is if you want something bad enough the seemingly difficult becomes doable.
- krschultz 15y agoI don't disagree with your sentiment at all, but I think in this case it's not a big leap from where he was. Elon Musk has a Physics degree. All the principles are there - math, science, etc. 'Rocket science' is just domain specific knowledge in that arena. For a manager of rocket scientists, that's all he needs. Although he got his money programming code at Paypal, he was a heck of a lot closer to an aerospace engineering background than your average web startup founder today.
- kmfrk 15y agoNo one can teach themselves business. You just fake it, until you make it. :)