The silence of the cosmos makes human survival our most urgent project
Elon Musk: War, AI, Aliens, Politics, Physics, Video Games, and Humanity · Elon Musk
A company is just a group of people — make that group exceptional
Elon Musk USC Commencement Speech · Elon Musk
Sustainable Fuel
Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic · Ashlee Vance
Make decisions that align with your vision
Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic · Ashlee Vance
Cut costs, drive progress
Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic · Ashlee Vance
Think outside the box
Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic · Ashlee Vance
Manage liquidity events
Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic · Ashlee Vance
Balancing growth and control
Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic · Ashlee Vance
Fusing tech & manufacturing
Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic · Ashlee Vance
Establishing a self-sustaining base on Mars
Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic · Ashlee Vance
Advancing space exploration and development
Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic · Ashlee Vance
Iterate Fast
Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic · Ashlee Vance
Strive for more
Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic · Ashlee Vance
Innovate to win
Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic · Ashlee Vance
Empowering employees to think outside the box
Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic · Ashlee Vance
Selling the impossible
Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic · Ashlee Vance
Lead by example
Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic · Ashlee Vance
Clear and concise communication
Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic · Ashlee Vance
Test, iterate, repeat
Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic · Ashlee Vance
Develop solutions internally
Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic · Ashlee Vance
Control the means
Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic · Ashlee Vance
Find passionate engineers
Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic · Ashlee Vance
Transform industries
Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic · Ashlee Vance
Navigate crisis
Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic · Ashlee Vance
Creating a spectacle around a launch
Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic · Ashlee Vance
Making decisions under immense pressure
Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic · Ashlee Vance
Make decisions with a sense of urgency
Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic · Ashlee Vance
Innovate with limited resources
Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic · Ashlee Vance
Optimizing Burn Rate
Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic · Ashlee Vance
Visionary leadership
Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic · Ashlee Vance
Innovating with discipline
Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic · Ashlee Vance
Solving complex problems
Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic · Ashlee Vance
Think Outside the Box
Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic · Ashlee Vance
Continuous innovation and improvement
Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic · Ashlee Vance
Revolutionizing Space Travel
Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic · Ashlee Vance
Bet big, win big
Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic · Ashlee Vance
Doubling down on risk to achieve success
Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic · Ashlee Vance
Transforming Industries
Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic · Ashlee Vance
Build organizational resilience through systematic failure analysis and psychological safety
Option B · Sheryl Sandberg
Share engineering talent, materials science, and manufacturing techniques across your companies
Elon Musk · Walter Isaacson
Build, test, blow up, learn, and repeat faster than competitors can hold meetings
Elon Musk · Walter Isaacson
Bypass management layers to find and promote exceptional individual contributors
Elon Musk · Walter Isaacson
Rethink the material before designing the form, and let physics drive the shape
Elon Musk · Walter Isaacson
Manufacture 70% of components in-house rather than outsourcing to suppliers
Elon Musk · Walter Isaacson
Set impossible deadlines to transform wild ideas from insane to merely very late
Elon Musk · Walter Isaacson
All-hands crisis bursts with extreme deadlines to compress months of work into days
Elon Musk · Walter Isaacson
The ratio of finished product cost to raw material cost reveals manufacturing stupidity
Elon Musk · Walter Isaacson
Drill down to the basic physics of a situation and reason upward from there
Elon Musk · Walter Isaacson