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Elon Musk Mahalo Mentor Interview

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Elon Musk discusses his early career starting Zip2 and PayPal, his transition to SpaceX and Tesla, and shares advice for entrepreneurs.

Check out Bas Rutten's Liver Shot on MMA Surge: bit.ly/MMASurgeEp1 mahalo.com/elon-musk/ Entrepreneur Elon Musk is the co-founder of PayPal. He is currently chairman of Solar City and CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX. Elon founded SpaceX, a developer and manufacturer of space launch vehicles, in 2002. On September 28, 2008, the Falcon 1 rocket became the first privately financed liquid powered vehicle to achieve earth orbit.1 In 1995, Elon left a graduate program in physics at Stanford University to start the online content publishing software provider Zip2. The company was bought by Compaq's AltaVista division for $307 million in cash and $34 million in stock options in 1999. In March 1999, Elon co-founded X.com, an online financial services and email payments company which later became PayPal. PayPal was acquired by eBay for $1.5 billion in stock in October 2002.2 Check out these other Mentors: mahalo.com/adam-jennings/ mahalo.com/kenny-obrien/ mahalo.com/d-a-young/

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What people say. Linked as an insightful early interview where Elon Musk discusses his motivation, startup philosophy, and long-term plans for Tesla and SpaceX.

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