• What surprised you the most? Elon is a risk taker, and had a rough childhood growing up, then, this man almost went broke trying to save his companies.
• What about the entrepreneur did you most admire? Elon’s drive to the impossible and making it possible. His persistence with human kind becoming an interplanetary species, which I don’t think we deserve.
• What about the entrepreneur did you least admire? I least admired how he put the car in space rather than giving that money to buy food for the hungry. But that is how innovation works, and it’s not my money.
• Did the entrepreneur encounter adversity and failure? If so, what did they do about it? Elon encountered many failures and after he recovered and kept going, persistence is key.
2) What competencies did you notice that the entrepreneur exhibited? He has a skill for science, and is very disciplined, also knows how to allocate his resources.
3) Identify at least one part of the reading that was confusing to you? How he was dismissed from his pay pal CEO position.
4) If you were able to ask two questions to the entrepreneur, what would you ask? Why? Elon! Why aren’t you making electric motorcycles? I would ask because I ride motorcycles and a Tesla bike would probably be nice, though not affordable.
5) For fun: what do you think the entrepreneur's opinion was of hard work? Do you share that opinion? Hard work, ok, I think he would say to pick a path, follow it, and do whatever possible to achieve it, while enjoying your way there.
Elon Musk is an interesting guy and is changing the future day by day. I like how you talk about his view of hard work. Elon was focused on his goal, but for sure kept his interests and desires in his work without hating it. Electric motorcycles sounds like a great idea and I think you may have found a new opportunity and idea for another project in this class. Nice work.
ReplyDeleteElon Musk is an innovative individual and is changing the technological landscape with SpaceX and other ventures. I find him and found your analysis of his book to be interesting and thought provoking, as it's interesting to understand what drives such a successful person to go as hard as he does on a daily basis and to constantly innovate through new technologies.
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