Elon Musk Mahalo Mentor Interview
Why Hacker News recommends it
Shared as an early long-form Musk interview, notably for his answer about what motivates him.
What it is
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.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2011 to 2012.
What Hacker News said
Recommends 6ren · 2012-05 · on “Space Station grabs SpaceX Dragon ship”
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.
Recommends MikeCapone · 2012-08 · on “Elon Musk Wins 2012 Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Leadership Award”
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]
Cites Empact · 2011-10 · on “First Ride in Tesla Model S”
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]