“My proceeds from the PayPal acquisition were $180 million. I put $100 million in SpaceX, $70m in Tesla, and $10m in Solar City. I had to borrow money for rent.”
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“It is important to view knowledge as sort of a semantic tree -- make sure you understand the fundamental principles, i.e. the trunk and big branches, before you get into the leaves/details or there is nothing for them to hang on to.”
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Success Motivation
“You get paid in direct proportion to the difficulty of problems you solve.”
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Courage Motivation
“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.”
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