Would you have survived all these failures?

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Would you have survived all these failures?

1995 - Rejected from the job of your dreams despite an excellent CV, because of your young age

1996 – Kicked out of the company you created

1998 - Your new company is going very badly and is struggling to get through the month

1999 - You almost died in an accident on a McLaren

2000 – Thrown out of the second company you founded. Kicked out while you were on honeymoon

2000 - You fell ill with malaria

2001 - The supplier of an object essential for your third company (but useless for him) does not sell it to you and puts you into trouble

2006 - The first public demonstration of your new product is a millionaire failure

2007 - The second public demonstration of your new product is a millionaire failure

2008 - The third public demonstration of your new product is a millionaire failure and results in the destruction of a very expensive government agency item

2009 - Your fourth company is almost bankrupt

2013 - A new technology in your third company’s product is a giant failure

2014 - A specimen from your fourth company catches fire and the whole world talks about it

2016 - All the products of your fourth company have delays of one year, with no fault of your own

2017 – You suffer of every possible depressive crisis, you are clearly a little autistic and this makes your interviews tragic and not very credible

2018 - The whole world hates you because of a photo taken while you roll a joint (where it is legal)

2018 - The institution presiding over the stock market takes a legal action against you (more or less unjustified)

2019 - You work so hard that you sleep in your office

2020 - The shares of your fourth company are the most shorted ever, that is, the world is betting against you

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Welcome to the life of Elon Musk!

1995: Netscape, 1996: Zip2, 1998: PayPal, 2001-2008: SpaceX (the mysterious rocket supplier is Russia, the government agency whose satellite you have blown up is NASA), 2009: Tesla, 2013: SpaceX (self-landing of rockets), 2014-2020: Tesla
 
You just wanted to post it or you support Elon?
 
well if you are in his position you only have 2 choice, give up and live poor forever, or keep goin till sucess.
 
2000 - You fell ill with malaria

Do you call this failure.
 
lol i wish i almost died in an accident in a mclaren..
i almost died at 17 in an accident in a freaking mazda... Elons good dont worry about him :D
 
this are some of the things that got him to where he is.
 
• 1989 to 1991: Attends college at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. Then transfers to the University of Pennsylvania; completed a BS in Economics (Wharton) and a BA with a major in physics

• 1995: Moves to Silicon Valley; defers graduate program in applied physics and materials science at Stanford University to join the Internet boom

• February 1999: Sells Zip2 to Compaq, the personal computer company, for $307 million, of which $22 million went to Musk. Then forms X.com, which in 2000 morphs into PayPal

• July 2002: eBay acquires PayPal for $1.5 billion in stock, of which $165 million goes to Musk

• 2002: Becomes an American citizen

• 2002: Founds SpaceX9

• 2004: Invests in Tesla Motors

• 2007: SpaceX wins $1.6 billion contract to bring cargo to the International Space Station

• October 2008: Becomes Tesla’s CEO

• Jun 29, 2010: Tesla IPO

• May 2012: SpaceX becomes the first commercial vehicle to deliver a load of supplies to the International Space Station.

• June 2012: Tesla begins deliveries of the all-electric Model S

• August 2013: Releases sketch and concept of the Hyperloop


What about the successes?
 
Typical post from someone who joined 2 years ago and has 10 posts.
Most of what you've been told is manipulated,
also alot of that is normal. Rejected from the job of your dreams? I had to go through about 20 interviews before getting my first career job. Thats just your first point.
 
What about the Alibaba founder Jack Ma he also has to be up there right?
 
I think everyone who got somewhere in their lives went through a lot of things to reach the top. The things Elon Musk went through were pretty rough but they are also what took him to the place he is now. Search any of the successful people and you will find a story not very different from this.
 
The Russian Cheif Rocket Designer spat on Elon Musk's shoes in the deal, it was a utter sign of disrespect, laughed at him when he went to talk about acquiring their rocket technology which apparently the CRD was very fond of and making a reusable rocket (which was coming from guy in his late 20s).

So yeah, it wasn't just a "part" from a "supplier" it certainly wasn't "useless" for the Russians.
 
The cool part about nearly dying in a McLaren is you're in a fucking McLaren

How much of a failure was he driving a McLaren already lol
You stole my words, McLaren cmon.
 
Meh, said "Steve Jobs".

P.S. Those who think I hate apple, are right. I still love it's creator. He is my hero. ;)
 
• 1989 to 1991: Attends college at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. Then transfers to the University of Pennsylvania; completed a BS in Economics (Wharton) and a BA with a major in physics

• 1995: Moves to Silicon Valley; defers graduate program in applied physics and materials science at Stanford University to join the Internet boom

• February 1999: Sells Zip2 to Compaq, the personal computer company, for $307 million, of which $22 million went to Musk. Then forms http://x.com/, which in 2000 morphs into PayPal

• July 2002: eBay acquires PayPal for $1.5 billion in stock, of which $165 million goes to Musk

• 2002: Becomes an American citizen

• 2002: Founds SpaceX9

• 2004: Invests in Tesla Motors

• 2007: SpaceX wins $1.6 billion contract to bring cargo to the International Space Station

• October 2008: Becomes Tesla’s CEO

• Jun 29, 2010: Tesla IPO

• May 2012: SpaceX becomes the first commercial vehicle to deliver a load of supplies to the International Space Station.

• June 2012: Tesla begins deliveries of the all-electric Model S

• August 2013: Releases sketch and concept of the Hyperloop


What about the successes?
How he got transferred to the upenn? How he did that?
 
I would say its better to stop idolizing people. We dont know for sure what obstacles and opportunities he had to go through. and putting someone to pedestal is wrong on so many levels
This you don't know the story
 
I don't trust what they write. But i do adore and believe in his mission.
 
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