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South African born Elon Musk is the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity Musk wants to save our planet he wants to send citizens into space, to form a colony on Mars he wants to make money while doing these things and he wants us all to know about it He is the real life inspiration for the Iron Man series of films starring Robert Downey Junior.The personal tale of Musk s life comes with all the trappings one associates with a great, drama filled story He was a freakishly bright kid who was bullied brutally at school, and abused by his father In the midst of these rough conditions, and the violence of apartheid South Africa, Musk still thrived academically and attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he paid his own way through school by turning his house into a club and throwing massive parties.He started a pair of huge dot com successes, including PayPal, which eBay acquired for 1.5 billion in 2002 Musk was forced out as CEO and so began his lost years in which he decided to go it alone and baffled friends by investing his fortune in rockets and electric cars Meanwhile Musk s marriage disintegrated as his technological obsessions took over his life Elon Musk is the Steve Jobs of the present and the future, and for the past twelve months, he has been shadowed by tech reporter, Ashlee Vance Elon Musk How the Billionaire CEO of Spacex and Tesla is Shaping our Future is an important, exciting and intelligent account of the real life Iron Man. Best Read [ Elon Musk ] author [ Ashlee Vance ] – kino-fada.fr Elon Musk is not exactly a name that rolls easily off the tongue, like say Tony Stark, the fictional person to whom he is most often compared, or even Steve Jobs, a real world visionary, whose mantle Musk now wears There is no question that Musk is a special individual, someone with BIG dreams and the drive, talent, and money to make them happen But, like Jobs, and Stark for that matter, he might be an acquired taste on a personal level In Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantast Elon Musk is not exactly a name that rolls easily off the tongue, like say Tony Stark, the fictional person ...Yes I am still crushing on Elon Musk I m counting on him to deliver on his promise of building a city on Mars The time has come for us to destroy yet another planet.Excellent and inspiring This book brought up one key question do you have to be a bit reckless to be good Musk was reckless in two areas in the risks he took, and the way that he manages his companies.As for the first, the number of near death experiences that Tesla, SpaceX and earlier companies went through is almost a running joke throughout this story The Falcon 1 failed three times, exhausting the company s funds, before achieving a successful fourth flight Tesla avoided bankruptcy by Excellent and inspiring This book brought up one key question do you have to be a bit reckless to be good Musk was reckless in two areas in the risks he took, and the way that he manages his companies.As for the first, the number of near death experiences that Tesla, SpaceX and earlier companies went through is almost a running joke throughout this story The Falcon 1 failed three times, exhausting the company s funds, before achieving a successful fourth flight Tesla avoided bankruptcy by taking on a NASA approved loan from SpaceX plus a last minute acquisition of a company Musk invested in pulled through, and avoide...3.5 StarsI like the can do attitude Vance took with hounding Musk and wearing him down till he agreed to cooperate with this biography I also appreciated all the Holy crap, Musk is CRAZY CRAZY like a fox, moments I had while reading this The only thing that keeps th...Space Renewable Energy Internet This is a man after my own heart Out of all the super entrepreneurs and technological legends of the modern era, Musk ticks all the boxes on my dreams and passions, particularly space Space has always been the frontier that intrigues me the most for a single man to dream of colonising Mars and actually doing all he can to make that a reality is just simply astounding And then of course, there is Tesla Aside from the clean energy technology which I am a hug Space Renewable Energy Internet This is a man after my own heart Out of all the super entrepreneurs and technological le..., ,, ,, ,, ,, , ,, , , , ,, ,, ,,Napster, Facebook, WhatsApp, Snapchat, Instagram, PayPal, Tesla Motors, 20 , ,, , ,, 10PayPal,,Tesla Roadster, , , ,, SpaceX ,SpaceX, , SolarCity, ,, , ,, , , ,, Let me offer this thought SpaceX is the coolest and most exciting company in the world at this moment in time.Yes, Tesla is also extremely cool And inspiring But nothing can beat that feeling of power, wonder and deep inspiration that SpaceX will give you as soon as you start to understand what that company is actually doing As Vance says, SpaceX IS Elon Musk So who is this man How is it humanly possible to achieve what he has achieved What else can he achieve in the future Will he bec Let me offer this thought SpaceX is the coolest and most exciting company in the world at this moment in time.Yes, Tesla is also extremely cool And inspiring But nothing can beat that feeling of power, wonder and deep inspiration that SpaceX will give you as soon as you start to understand what that company is actually doing As Vance says, SpaceX IS Elon Musk So who is this man How is it humanly possible to achieve what he has achieved What else can he achieve in the future Will he become the richest man on Earth Or on Mars Not only this book is written in a... , space warp , , ,, , ,,, space warp , , ,, , ,, , , ,, , , ,,,, ,, , , , , ,, , , , , , ,SpaceX, ,,, , ,Tesla Motors 100 2,5, ,SolarCity the Force is strong with this family , ,, ,, , , , , ,Well, I work a lot 80 100 ,11 14, , , ,SpaceX, , , Tesla ,Falcon ,4.5 starsBillionaire Elon Musk is a businessman, engineer, and inventor with a radical vision for the future of mankind In fact Musk wants nothing less than to establish a human colony on Mars..with a view toward exploring Jupiter s moon Europa someday Musk fears there will be another mass extinction event like the asteroid that destroyed 75% of Earth s species at the Cretaceous Paleogene Boundary 65 million years ago and he wants people to have somewhere to go I agree with Musk that 4.5 starsBillionaire Elon Musk is a businessman, engineer, and inventor with a radical vision for the future of mankind In fact Musk wants nothing less than to establish a human colony on Mars..with a view toward exploring Jupiter s moon Europa someday Musk fears there will be another mass extinction event like the asteroid that destroyed 75% of Earth s species at the Cretaceous Paleogene Boundary 65 million years ago and he wants people to have somewher...This is an incredibly inspiring book, a important look into a game changing worldview, and a valuable lesson to the world As Musk says, If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it Strangely enough, I ve followed Space X and Tesla s progress for a very long time, but I never actually read many things about the person behind them I still cannot believe what a visionary Elon Musk is, and how persistent he s about anything he does He is a mad scie This is an incredibly inspiring book, a important look into a game changing worldview, and a valuable lesson to the world As Musk says, If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it Strangely enough, I ve followed Space X and Tesla s progress for a very long time, but I never actually read many things about the person behind them I still cannot believe what a visionary Elon Musk is, and how persistent he s about anything he does He is a mad scientist, inventor, business mogul and visionary all at the same time, and all these play equally important role in his life For obvious re...

Elon Musk
  • English
  • 07 December 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 400 pages
  • 0062301233
  • Ashlee Vance
  • Elon Musk