The entrepreneur of the day is Elon Musk. He is the CEO of Tesla and has a net worth of $265 billion dollars.
Below are top Elon Musk quotes.
1. Nobody ever changed the world on 40 hours a week.
2. If you’re trying to create a company, it’s like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.
3. People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working.
4. Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.
5. When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars people said, ‘Nah, what’s wrong with a horse?’ That was a huge bet he made, and it worked.
6. The problem is that at a lot of big companies, process becomes a substitute for thinking. You’re encouraged to behave like a little gear in a complex machine. Frankly, it allows you to keep people who aren’t that smart, who aren’t that creative.
7. Brand is just a perception, and perception will match reality over time. Sometimes it will be ahead, other times it will be behind. But brand is simply a collective impression some have about a product.
8. Starting a business is not for everyone. Starting a business – I’d say, number one is have a high pain threshold.
9. I don’t think it’s a good idea to plan to sell a company.
10. A company is a group organized to create a product or service, and it is only as good as its people and how excited they are about creating. I do want to recognize a ton of super-talented people. I just happen to be the face of the companies.
11. It’s very important to like the people you work with. Otherwise, your job is going to be quite miserable.
12. I don’t spend my time pontificating about high-concept things; I spend my time solving engineering and manufacturing problems.
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