Elon Musk Wants to Sell Me a Tire
About this episode
The episode discusses Elon Musk's journey and achievements, particularly focusing on his business ventures and the ease of purchasing a Tesla.
Dear Elon, Congratulations on your initial public offering of SPCX. Google’s AI says, “The blockbuster debut briefly made Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire on paper.” The words “briefly” and “on paper” dim the dazzling brightness of the word “trillionaire” a little, but still, it’s a pretty big deal. I’m sure that Errol and Maye are super-proud. You’ve come a long way since you started Zip2 with your brother, Kimball, in 1995. Who would have ever thought that a company that created online city guides for newspapers would sell for $307 million after just 3 and 1/2 years in business? Your 7% was only worth $22 million, but still, that’s a lot of pocket money for a 27-year-old boy. Your decision to partner up with Ed Ho, Harris Fricker, and Christopher Payne to create “X,” and then merge with your biggest competitor so that all of you could survive the bursting of the dotcom bubble, well, that was another brilliant move. It worked out well for Max Levchin and Peter Thiel, too. You and Thiel and Ho, Fricker, Payne and Max created Paypal at exactly the right time. Well done, all of you! But of all your accomplishments, the one that impresses me the most is the frictionless…
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