He's had more failures then successes
Fired from PayPal, Twitter, neurolink, the tunnel thing
He bought his way into Tesla, and SpaceX, though suppsedly he's not actually the one running it (believable I think there's not enough time)
Fired from PayPal, Twitter, neurolink, the tunnel thing
He bought his way into Tesla, and SpaceX, though suppsedly he's not actually the one running it (believable I think there's not enough time)
And having failures is not that uncommon, especially for serial entrepreneurs. You've gotta accept some failures to get to successes.
As for the whole "he bought his way into Tesla" thing, this is just making the idea of a "founder" some kind of sacrosanct thing. By most histories I've read, he is the reason the company is the success it is today.
The local Bodega down the street has been profitable for 40 years. They seem to be doing just fine and as a bonus they haven't burned billions in subsidies or hijacked public transportation initiatives.
> And having failures is not that uncommon, especially for serial entrepreneurs.
IDK how you can call this anything else but luck. He got forced out of paypal with a ton of money and was able to keep taking risks because of the safety nets he had that most do not.
He also threw a fit and left openai, that was a poor business decision.