Short Story of Elon Musk !
He was born in South Africa whose father was an engineer.
At 10, the introverted boy developed a deep interest in computers.
Things at school weren't going well for him as he was constantly bullied. One day, the bullies threw him down the stairs and beat him until he blacked out.
After 2 days of admission in PhD at Stanford, he dropped out of university just to try out his luck with the idea he had. But later, he ended up getting kicked form the company he created himself ( PayPal ).
At that time, he started reading books to learn how to build rockets. While on his trip to Russia to buy a rocket to send to Mars, he realized that rockets were artificially overpriced. So, he decided to start a company "SpaceX" to build his own rockets with his own money.
In the meantime, he founded an electric car company called TESLA.
But unfortunately his first 3 rocket launches failed and exploded causing a loss of millions. Both his companies Spacex and Tesla were running out of cash. But that didn't stop him. The project that was so close to his heart barely escaped bankruptcy, when his 4th launch finally succeeded. Hours before tesla was about to close down, he received big investment.
Today Elon Musk is one of the richest Tech Billionaires with a net worth of more than 20 Billion. Elon's story teaches us that, when something is important enough you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.
Short story of the real iron man!!!
Really Good short story of Elon's beginnings...
Technology is going FASTER & FASTER every moment of every day...
AND we, at Steemit, are MOST Fortunate to be at the forefront of this dramatic Global Paradigm Shift that is taking place via the Blockchain Technology that will Forever change the destiny of our Planet.
(( Please remember there is ONLY a 1% adoption rate currently of Crypto Currency in the USA and unfortunately our MainStream News is NOT reporting the real tangible VALUE...but rather attempt to instill as MUCH FEAR & FUD as possible, so the LARGE Central Banks & Corporations of the world can seize as MUCH of the Market before the "little" guy ever gets in...))
Just spoke with a neighbor of mine that produces a TV News program and she said that this technology was NOT interesting especially for poor people which this particular News Chanel serves...
This really saddens me, but a closed mind can only focus on what it is willing to consider and of course, a few years from now this person will most likely say they KNEW all along how important this technology was from the beginning... >> : ~ ))
Please accept my apologies for the extended rant...
Have a Good Weekend !!
Cheers !!
Well sad. No need for apologies. Good weekend to you !
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He is such an inspiration! Ashlee Vance's biography is excellent but you have done a great job with the highlights!!
His ability to move on from constant setbacks in personal and work life is remarkable.
I have started a series called "How to Live Like" on Steemit and my first feature is Elon Musk - please check it out and let me know what you agree/disagree with and any people you'd like me to do in the future!
He ist a very interesting guy indeed. Thanks for condensing his career so far into this short post.
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