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After watching the press conference yesterday I got the sense that Musk's tweets aren't particularly helpful for SpaceX press relations
by rwhitman 11y ago
After watching the press conference yesterday I got the sense that Musk's tweets aren't particularly helpful for SpaceX press relations
- nkoren 11y agoThe thing is -- despite all the "Iron Man" winks and glamour of being a billionaire who wants to colonise Mars, etc. -- Elon is truly, deep down, a nerd's nerd. Which means that his respect for the PR department is probably roughly proportional to how much duct tape they've wrapped around his head.
- rwhitman 11y agoThe PR effort in this case was being lead by Gwynne Shotwell who is the President & COO. He was apparently tweeting information that his COO wasn't prepared to comment on yet. That doesn't send a good message about leadership confidence to people in his organization regardless of how much of a "nerd's nerd" he's trying to present himself as
- onewaystreet 11y agoSpaceX was criticized after its early failures for not being transparent enough, so Musk is probably still reacting to that.