
About this episode
This episode explores insights into how Elon Musk thinks, based on Eric Jorgenson's extensive research and new book.
My friend Eric Jorgenson spent years—and thousands of hours—studying Elon Musk. Eric read everything Elon has written, read everything written about Elon, and watched every interview Elon's given. He distilled all of Elon's insights into his new book. This episode is all about How Elon Thinks based on The Book of Elon: Elon Musk's Most Useful Ideas in His Own Words. Episode sponsors: Ramp gives you everything you need to control spend, watch your costs, and optimize your financial operations —all on a single platform. Make history's greatest entrepreneurs proud by going to Ramp.com to learn how they can help your business save time, save money, and grow revenue. Automate compliance, security, and trust with Vanta. Vanta helps you win trust, close deals, and stay secure—faster and with less effort. Find out how increased security leads to more customers by going to Vanta. Tell them David from Founders sent you and you'll get $1000 off.
People in this episode
Host: David Senra
Guest: Eric Jorgenson
Topics covered
- Elon Musk
- entrepreneurship
- business insights
- financial operations
- security
- technology
Keywords
- Elon Musk
- Eric Jorgenson
- business
- entrepreneurship
- financial operations
- security
- technology
Sponsors
Ramp, Vanta
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Book of Elon: Elon Musk's Most Useful Ideas in His Own Words
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