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Elon Musk Mahalo Mentor Interview

mahalodotcom · 97.3K views · 2011-09-23 · 39:41

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Overview

A roughly 40-minute Mahalo mentor interview with Elon Musk, covering his background from Zip2 and PayPal to SpaceX, Tesla and SolarCity, along with advice for entrepreneurs.

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Shared as an early long-form Musk interview, notably for his answer about what motivates him.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2011–2012

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MikeCapone · 2012-08 · Recommendation

A couple more Musk videos for those who might have missed them when they first came out: Bloomberg profile that gives a good overview of his companies: [LINK] Reddit AMA: [VIDEO]

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6ren · 2012-05 · Recommendation

It's pretty amazing that the (possibly) most accomplished human did a reddit AMA: [LINK] His answer on motivation was striking to me: [VIDEO] My drive to get it done is somewhat disconnected from hope, enthusiasm or anything else. I just... I... I actually don't care about hope or enthusiasm... motivation. I just give it all I've got irrespective of what the circumstances may be. [...] Yeah... You just keep going and get it done.

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Empact · 2011-10 · Reference

In his reddit IAMA he says the plan has always been for the 3rd-generation (post-S) car to be a high-volume, low-price car. Based on the time between the Roadster and S releases, it will probably be a few years before they get around to that. [VIDEO]

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