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“The idea of lying on a beach as my main thing just sounds like the worst. It sounds horrible to me. I would go bonkers. I would have to be on serious drugs. I’d be super-duper bored. I like high intensity.”
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“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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“You get paid in direct proportion to the difficulty of problems you solve”
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“The best entrepreneurs know this: every great business is built around a secret that’s hidden from the outside. A great company is a conspiracy to change the world; when you share your secret, the recipient becomes a fellow conspirator.”
― Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
― Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.”
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