Is that not the definition of a good business person, though? “I have money, I see opportunities that have huge upsides and need money. I invest money, see huge gains”
It’s a game that is extremely exclusive to people who have tons of cash. But he has played it well up to this point.
I say that as someone who hates Musk. And yes, these assholes have hugely inflated egos because they’re winning at a game that very few have the opportunity to play. But since they’re winning, they think they’re once in a generation geniuses.
I was refuting the claim that he “ran several startups”, because he didn’t. He is an investor and hype-man. Check with the people that have worked for him and you’ll find that whenever he showed up with “ideas” it was everyone’s responsibility to figure out how to appease his ego without harming the product.
The people who actually ran these startups don’t have their names remembered because musk kept all the glory for himself
Yep, I don’t disagree with any of that. He’s a tool, whose only discernable skills seem to be understanding when a company is positioned to take a huge emerging market, and being a hype man. And that 2nd skill seems to have run its course because he huffed too many of his own farts. The first too, for that matter.
Edit - to be clear, since I don’t think you’re understanding my point. I assert that he was a competent investor. He hit gold too many times for it to be a luck. That has nothing to do with his leadership abilities or ideas. Completely separate skills that we’re talking about.
A.K.A. as a business man, he has succeeded. As a CEO, he has succeeded in spite of himself, because the employees knew their shit.
Is that not the definition of a good business person, though? “I have money, I see opportunities that have huge upsides and need money. I invest money, see huge gains”
It’s a game that is extremely exclusive to people who have tons of cash. But he has played it well up to this point.
I say that as someone who hates Musk. And yes, these assholes have hugely inflated egos because they’re winning at a game that very few have the opportunity to play. But since they’re winning, they think they’re once in a generation geniuses.
I was refuting the claim that he “ran several startups”, because he didn’t. He is an investor and hype-man. Check with the people that have worked for him and you’ll find that whenever he showed up with “ideas” it was everyone’s responsibility to figure out how to appease his ego without harming the product.
The people who actually ran these startups don’t have their names remembered because musk kept all the glory for himself
Yep, I don’t disagree with any of that. He’s a tool, whose only discernable skills seem to be understanding when a company is positioned to take a huge emerging market, and being a hype man. And that 2nd skill seems to have run its course because he huffed too many of his own farts. The first too, for that matter.
Edit - to be clear, since I don’t think you’re understanding my point. I assert that he was a competent investor. He hit gold too many times for it to be a luck. That has nothing to do with his leadership abilities or ideas. Completely separate skills that we’re talking about.
A.K.A. as a business man, he has succeeded. As a CEO, he has succeeded in spite of himself, because the employees knew their shit.
If you don’t value sustainability, then yes. (Pretend I’m giving you the thumbs up emoji to you here)