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.
Why Hacker News points people here: Shared as an early long-form Musk interview, notably for his answer about what motivates him.
It's pretty amazing that the (possibly) most accomplished human did a reddit AMA: link His answer on motivation was striking to me: this 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.
RecommendsMikeCaponeAug 2012
“A couple more Musk videos for those who might have missed them when they first came out”
Another Musk video worth catching
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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: this video
Cites itEmpactOct 2011
Musk on plans for a low-price car
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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. this video
