Quotes from the Greatest Entrepreneurs: Elon Musk (Hardcover)

from WesleyH

Elon Musk : Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance is a biography about the founder of Tesla and SpaceX. The guy is insanely driven. He got lucky with his PayPal payout and used his millions to pursue his outlandish dreams. Fortunately for him, electric cars and comme...

from SChant

I enjoyed this immensely. It's written in a very straightforward manner, with neither sycophancy nor hyperbole. It shows the man as a workaholic with a big ego, who has nevertheless driven some fascinating and admirable technological developments in the last few years.

from ohernaes

Interesting and engaging about a visionary entrepeneur in online payments (PayPal), electric cars (Tesla), space travel (SpaceX), and solar power (Solar city). Musk comes off as a brililant, vain, and eccentric control freak. It will be interesting to follow him further.

from Stbalbach

This is Elon Musk's first official biography. Musk rejected other authors who wanted to tell his story - how Vance came to be chosen is described in the opening chapter (in short: persistence). Given the gossip and legends over the years it's hard to know what is true. Nevertheless Vance does an ...

from Syeu715

Wow, I really loved this book. Really loved it. It's the freshest read I've had in a long time. Honestly, I didn't know much about Elon at all before I started reading this book. I'd just heard of his name being mentioned at social events where people would mention some fantastic thing he was up ...