“The way Elon talks about this is that you always need to start with the first principles of a problem. What are… — Ashlee Vance Copy Share Image
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“At Tesla, there was no history, no baggage. There was just a vision of products that could change the world. Who wouldn’t… — Ashlee Vance Copy Share Image
“This left Musk searching for an industry that had tons of money and inefficiencies that he and the Internet could exploit. Musk… — Ashlee Vance Copy Share Image
“Like Steve Jobs before him, Musk is able to think up things that consumers did not even know they wanted—the door handles,… — Ashlee Vance Copy Share Image
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“I may have been optimistic with respect to the timing on some of these things, but I didn’t over-promise on the outcome,”… — Ashlee Vance Copy Share Image
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“Musk had never run a car factory before and was considered arrogant and amateurish by Detroit. Yet, one year after the Model… — Ashlee Vance Copy Share Image
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“The guys like Straubel who had been at Tesla since the beginning are quick to remind people that the chance to build… — Ashlee Vance Copy Share Image
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“The media reports from the day described the car as the love child of an Aston Martin and a Maserati. In reality,… — Ashlee Vance Copy Share Image
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“Steve Jurvetson, the venture capitalist who has invested in SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity, worked for Jobs, and knows Gates well, also described… — Ashlee Vance Copy Share Image
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“Musk sits somewhere on the autism spectrum and that he has trouble considering other people’s emotions and caring about their well-being.” — Ashlee Vance Copy Share
“He’s less a CEO chasing riches than a general marshaling troops to secure victory. Where Mark Zuckerberg wants to help you share baby photos,… — Ashlee Vance Copy Share
“Throughout these early years, the engineers credited Eberhard with making quick, crisp decisions. Rarely did Tesla get hung up overanalyzing a situation. The company… — Ashlee Vance Copy Share
“Whereas if they change a rule and something good happens, they don’t even get a reward. So, it’s very asymmetric. It’s then very easy… — Ashlee Vance Copy Share
“I might have fixed that thing but now I’ve made the person unproductive. It just wasn’t a good way to go about things.” — Ashlee Vance Copy Share
“Like Steve Jobs before him, Musk is able to think up things that consumers did not even know they wanted—the door handles, the giant… — Ashlee Vance Copy Share
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