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Building What Money Can’t Buy — The Anthology of Balaji
The Anthology of Balaji: A Guide to Technology, Truth, and Building the Future
- " Mundane as it sounds, that's the most powerful motivator of all, not just in startups, but in most ambitious undertakings: to be genuinely interested in what you're building. This is what really drives billionaires, or at least the ones who become billionaires from starting companies. The company is their project. "
from Billionaires Build by Paul Graham
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- My note to self from reading the book: “THINGS LOOK GOOD AT THE END OF THE JOURNEY, NOT DURING.” Tesla and SpaceX were not built. They were willed into existence, against all odds.
SpaceX failed to launch many times, and was ridiculed by many people. After their third (or fourth) failed launch, Elon sends an email to his team: “ SpaceX is in this f... See morefrom Taste, Conviction, Elon Musk by sari azout
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