#369 Elon Musk and The Early Days of SpaceX

All the way back in two thousand twelve I was watching an interview with Elon Musk and he was asked the question How did you learn how to start a company? He had started his first company When he was still in his twenties. And the follow up to that question was like, Did you read like a lot of business books? And his answer, Elon's answer, actually gave me the idea to do founders podcasts many, many years later.

Because Elon said, No, I didn't read Business books. I read biographies and autobiographies. I thought they were helpful. And then he went on to say

That this is a way to develop mentors in a historical context. So you develop mentors through these books, and he mentioned people like Benjamin Franklin and Henry Ford and Nikola Tesla. And every person that's ever designed a rocket. Elon has read a biography on. And that's something that Elon has in common with all of History's Greatest entrepreneurs is the fact that they all read biographies. And another thing that Elon has in common with History's Grace founders, and it's obvious if you read books about them is anyone who is committed to being great at building their business is obsessed.

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