Elon Musk
But what could a future-proof venture firm look like if it was built from scratch? These are the most common ideas that have come up in my conversations- Visionary leadership- An org chart that reflects value-creation- Product-led value proposition- Incentivizing collaboration and apprenticeship internally- Intellectually honest decision making
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When people proposed a short-term solution, Page’s instinct was to think
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“I tend to approach things from a physics framework,” Musk explained in a later interview. “Physics teaches you to reason from first principles,” he added, “rather than by analogy”—in other words, copying or analogizing from others with little deviation.
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“The principles and math were on our side, and I realized early on that this was a company where you can carry the day when you have the principles and math on your side, and you are patient and tenacious.”