Elon Musk Mahalo Mentor Interview on HackerTube: recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 separate months, 2011–2012.
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A roughly 40-minute Mahalo mentor interview with Elon Musk, covering his background from Zip2 and PayPal to SpaceX, Tesla and SolarCity, along with advice for entrepreneurs.
Shared as an early long-form Musk interview, notably for his answer about what motivates him.
“His answer on motivation was striking to me”
3 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
A couple more Musk videos for those who might have missed them when they first came out: Bloomberg profile that gives a good overview of his companies: [link] Reddit AMA: ▶ this video
in “Elon Musk Wins 2012 Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Leadership Award” · View on HN
It's pretty amazing that the (possibly) most accomplished human did a reddit AMA: [link] His answer on motivation was striking to me: ▶ this video My drive to get it done is somewhat disconnected from hope, enthusiasm or anything else. I just... I... I actually don't care about hope or enthusiasm... motivation. I just give it all I've got irrespective of what the circumstances may be. [...] Yeah... You just keep going and get it done.
in “Space Station grabs SpaceX Dragon ship” · View on HN
In his reddit IAMA he says the plan has always been for the 3rd-generation (post-S) car to be a high-volume, low-price car. Based on the time between the Roadster and S releases, it will probably be a few years before they get around to that. ▶ this video
in “First Ride in Tesla Model S” · View on HN