1. In Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance, what surprised me the most was how he was willing to go completely broke because of his passion for both SpaceX and Tesla. He had a wild vision that not many other people would dare to pursue. I most admired Elon Musk's work ethic and vision. Since a young age he wanted to get people to Mars and lower our dependence of oil, and he dedicated his life to making these things happen. What
I least admire about him is his habit of working over 20 hours in a day and not dedicating time to his family. Musk definitely encountered adversity on many of his projects, especially Tesla. Numerous CEO's of major car dealerships could not see electric cars eventually replacing gas-powered cars. However, Musk's invention and success of the Model S silenced many people against him.
2. Musk was extremely competent when it comes to work ethic and management skills. He is able to motivate his workers to go up to 20 hours in one day. It is amazing how Tesla's job turnover rate is not high considering the amount of hours many of its employees work.
3. One part of the reading that was confusing to me was how Musk was so willing to go broke since he did not know what the extent of his success would be at the time. He had money to start both Tesla and SpaceX, but ran out of capital quickly in the beginning. He was very lucky to get funding from the government for SpaceX.
4. What motivated you to go on despite hearing so much negative feedback?
Would you have been able to fund Tesla and SpaceX had it not been for PayPal?
5. Elon Musk definitely believed in hard work. That is how he was able to make both Tesla and SpaceX such innovative companies in our society today. I definitely believe that it will take hard work to make anyone's dream become a reality. However, Musk's bold vision needed more work than most and he was able to pull it off.
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