Talent is extremely important. It’s like a sports team, the team that has the best individual player will often win, but then there’s a multiplier from how those players work together and the strategy they employ.
ELON MUSKIf you’re trying to create a company, it’s like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.
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Don’t be afraid of new arenas.
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Great companies are built on great products.
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The United States is definitely ahead in culture of innovation. If someone wants to accomplish great things, there is no better place than the U.S.
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Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.
ELON MUSKPersistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.
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Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.
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There’s a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering.
ELON MUSKThere’s a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering.
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Great companies are built on great products.
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Government isn’t that good at rapid advancement of technology. It tends to be better at funding basic research. To have things take off, you’ve got to have commercial companies do it.
ELON MUSKGovernment isn’t that good at rapid advancement of technology. It tends to be better at funding basic research. To have things take off, you’ve got to have commercial companies do it.
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Math jokes have a small audience.
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If humanity doesn’t land on Mars in my lifetime, I would be very disappointed.
ELON MUSKIf humanity doesn’t land on Mars in my lifetime, I would be very disappointed.
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My mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail.
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Don’t be afraid of new arenas.
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Goal of government should be to maximize the happiness of the people. Giving each person money allows them to decide what meets their needs, rather than the blunt tool of legislation, which creates self-serving special interests.
ELON MUSKGoal of government should be to maximize the happiness of the people. Giving each person money allows them to decide what meets their needs, rather than the blunt tool of legislation, which creates self-serving special interests.
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Starting and growing a business is as much about the innovation, drive and determination of the people who do it as it is about the product they sell.
ELON MUSKStarting and growing a business is as much about the innovation, drive and determination of the people who do it as it is about the product they sell.
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With artificial intelligence we are summoning the demon.
ELON MUSKWith artificial intelligence we are summoning the demon.
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