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#1 Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, & the Quest for a Fantastic Future

Sep 19, 2016 · 58m
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  • Elon Musk's radical risk-taking by investing $100M in SpaceX, $70M in Tesla, and $10M in SolarCity despite conventional wisdom to wait
  • Musk's meaningful worldview and grand quest mentality positioning him as a general marshaling troops rather than a profit-chasing CEO
  • The structural approach Musk created to manage multiple complex physical manufacturing challenges simultaneously in expensive markets

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