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4 Key Reasons Behind Elon Musk’s Success
1. Dream big — create a grand vision and inspire
Elon’s most successful businesses are the products of his aspirations.
Elon was dreaming about space travel since childhood and actively contemplating electric cars during his school years.
He admitted that his earlier companies zip2 and x.com (PayPal) were the stepping stones to something bigger.
SpaceX was created to make space travel accessible to everyone. And also, to get people on Mars.
Tesla was formed to produce the next generation of vehicles — electric cars that are accessible to everyone.
Both companies worked on something nobody has ever done before at such a scale.
People, driven by Elon’s vision for Tesla and SpaceX, came to work for these companies looking to create something groundbreaking.
They were willing to sacrifice comfort and personal time to turn that vision into reality.
SpaceX engineers consistently spent 100-hour weeks on the Falcon test sights in the middle of nowhere under the burning sun. During Tesla’s Roadster production, engineers worked night and weekend shifts to…
