Tesla Daily: Tesla News & Analysis Interview: Musk's Early Days & An Unfulfilled Vision w/ The Founders Author Jimmy Soni (12.18.22)
➤ Jimmy Soni, author of 'The Founders' joins Rob Maurer to discuss the early days of Elon Musk, the story of x.com and PayPal, where Twitter may be headed, and more.
The Founders: https://amzn.to/3V7oGWZ The Soul of A New Machine: https://amzn.to/3jcqGzY
Find Jimmy Soni on Twitter @jimmyasoni
0:00 Jimmy Soni & The Founders 0:41 Backstory on the book 4:38 Understanding Elon 10:22 Elon’s early days and Twitter motivation 14:25 A vision unfulfilled 16:57 Being wrong 20:20 Organizational change 22:06 Speed 24:02 Elon forced out of PayPal 34:22 Elon’s mindset and overcoming challenges 39:55 Elon’s motivation & character 47:08 Engineering vs. the world 50:31 Filtering out the noise 53:08 Misconceptions
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