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Elon Musk Young Readers’ Edition QUOTES

Elon Musk Young Readers’ Edition QUOTES

1 " I don’t think we’re doing a good job as a society deciding what things are really important to do.” Page said. “I think like we’re just not educating people in this kind of general way. You should have a pretty broad engineering and scientific background. You have some leadership training and a bit of MBA training or knowledge of how to run things, organize stuff, and raise money. I don’t think most people are doing that, and it’s a big problem. Engineers are usually trained in a very fixed area. When you’re able to think about all of these disciplines together, you kind of think differently and can dream of much crazier things and how they might work. I think that’s really an important thing for the world. That’s how we make progress. "

― Ashlee Vance , Elon Musk Young Readers’ Edition

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― Ashlee Vance , Elon Musk Young Readers’ Edition

3 " Musk had sometimes berated people during meetings and asked his employees to work very long hours. “I had never really run a team of any sort before,” Musk said. “I’d never been a sports captain or a captain of anything or managed a single person. You have to put yourself in a position where you say, ‘Well, how would this sound to them, knowing what they know? "

― Ashlee Vance , Elon Musk Young Readers’ Edition

4 " What their relationship could not survive were the cost figures for the Roadster unearthed by Watkins. It looked to Musk as if Eberhard had mismanaged the company by allowing the parts costs to soar so high. Then, as Musk saw it, Eberhard had failed to disclose the severity of the situation to the board. While on his way to give a talk in Los Angeles, Eberhard received a call from Musk and in a brief, uncomfortable chat learned that he would be replaced as CEO. "

― Ashlee Vance , Elon Musk Young Readers’ Edition

5 " Eberhard had already been asking Tesla’s board to replace him as CEO and find someone with more manufacturing experience. The way he was demoted, however, angered him. By December, the situation had only gotten worse, and Eberhard left the company altogether. "

― Ashlee Vance , Elon Musk Young Readers’ Edition

6 " Elon . . . gave a speech, saying we would work on Saturdays and Sundays and sleep under desks until it got done,” said Ryan Popple, the director of finance at Tesla. “Someone pushed back from the table and argued that everyone had been working so hard just to get the car done, and they were ready for a break and to see their families. Elon said, ‘I would tell those people they will get to see their families a lot when we go bankrupt.’ I was like, ‘Wow,’ but I got it. I had come out of a military culture, and you just have to make your objective happen. "

― Ashlee Vance , Elon Musk Young Readers’ Edition

7 " complexes. Maye set up a practice as a dietitian. A bit more than a year after Elon’s birth came his brother, Kimbal, and soon thereafter came their sister, Tosca. Elon showed all the traits of a curious, energetic tot. He picked things up "

― Ashlee Vance , Elon Musk Young Readers’ Edition

8 " Musk asked me to dinner to negotiate. Eighteen months earlier, I’d informed him of my plans to write a book about him. He’d informed me of his plans not to cooperate and do interviews for the book. "

― Ashlee Vance , Elon Musk Young Readers’ Edition