1.
"When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor."
"When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor."
2.
"Patience is a virtue, and I’m learning patience. It’s a tough lesson."
"Patience is a virtue, and I’m learning patience. It’s a tough lesson."
3.
"Great companies are built on great products."
"Great companies are built on great products."
4.
"I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact."
"I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact."
5.
"If you’re co-founder or CEO, you have to do all kinds of tasks you might not want to do. If you don’t do your chores, the company won’t succeed."
"If you’re co-founder or CEO, you have to do all kinds of tasks you might not want to do. If you don’t do your chores, the company won’t succeed."
6.
"Starting and growing a business is as much about the innovation, drive, and determination of the people behind it as the product they sell."
"Starting and growing a business is as much about the innovation, drive, and determination of the people behind it as the product they sell."
7.
"You want to be extra rigorous about making the best possible thing you can. Find everything that’s wrong with it and fix it."
"You want to be extra rigorous about making the best possible thing you can. Find everything that’s wrong with it and fix it."
8.
"I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself."
"I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself."
9.
"Life needs to be more than just solving problems every day. You need to wake up and be excited about the future."
"Life needs to be more than just solving problems every day. You need to wake up and be excited about the future."
10.
"Don’t confuse schooling with education. I didn’t go to Harvard, but the people that work for me did."
"Don’t confuse schooling with education. I didn’t go to Harvard, but the people that work for me did."
11.
"The first step is to establish that something is possible; then probability will occur."
"The first step is to establish that something is possible; then probability will occur."
12.
"If you’re not progressing, you’re regressing; so keep pushing forward."
"If you’re not progressing, you’re regressing; so keep pushing forward."
13.
"I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary."
"I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary."
14.
"The key to making things affordable is design and technology improvements, as well as scale."
"The key to making things affordable is design and technology improvements, as well as scale."
15.
"Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up."
"Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up."
16.
"Constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself."
"Constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself."
17.
"What makes innovative thinking happen? I think it’s really a mindset. You have to decide."
"What makes innovative thinking happen? I think it’s really a mindset. You have to decide."
18.
"I think it’s very important to have a feedback loop, where you’re constantly thinking about what you’ve done and how you could be doing it better."
"I think it’s very important to have a feedback loop, where you’re constantly thinking about what you’ve done and how you could be doing it better."
19.
"I’d rather be optimistic and wrong than pessimistic and right."
"I’d rather be optimistic and wrong than pessimistic and right."
20.
"It’s OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket."
"It’s OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket."
21.
"I think AI is probably the single biggest item in the near term that’s likely to affect humanity."
"I think AI is probably the single biggest item in the near term that’s likely to affect humanity."
22.
"Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough."
"Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough."
23.
"If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day."
"If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day."
24.
"Work like hell. I mean you just have to put in 80 to 100 hour weeks every week."
"Work like hell. I mean you just have to put in 80 to 100 hour weeks every week."
25.
"I think you should always bear in mind that entropy is not on your side."
"I think you should always bear in mind that entropy is not on your side."
26.
"Good ideas are always crazy until they’re not."
"Good ideas are always crazy until they’re not."
27.
"Any product that needs a manual to work is broken."
"Any product that needs a manual to work is broken."
28.
"I think long term you can see Tesla establishing factories in Europe, in other parts of the U.S. and in Asia."
"I think long term you can see Tesla establishing factories in Europe, in other parts of the U.S. and in Asia."
29.
"Talent is extremely important. It’s like a sports team, the team that has the best individual player will often win."
"Talent is extremely important. It’s like a sports team, the team that has the best individual player will often win."
30.
"Some people don’t like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster."
"Some people don’t like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster."
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