172 Elon Musk (Early Days of SpaceX) — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2021-03-21
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What the transcript keeps returning to
Product
“This is because it's difficult, time-consuming, and expensive to modify a design and requirements after beginning to build a ha- a har-…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: product.
Focus
“'I make the spending decisions and the engineering decisions in one head,' he said.”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: focus.
People
“There's not many people that'll look at, you know, 100 people try to attempt to do something, 200 people, whatever the number…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: people.
Persistence
“And so just this idea where Elon can look at something and see failure after failure after failure after failure after failure…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: persistence.
Capital
“But, you know, Musk does, definitely does kinda talk shit about Bezos from time to time.”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: capital.
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