Build sports car
Use that money to build an affordable car
Use that money to build an even more affordable car
While doing above, also provide zero emission electric power generation options
Don’t tell anyone.
Elon Musk 2 August 2006
1981
The Doer taught himself programming on a Commodore personal computer.
The Dreamer made a drawing of an electric car of the future.
1983
The Doer sold the code for a video game he called Blastar for $500.
The Dreamer attended school.
1999
The Doer earned $22 million for his share in a web software company called Zip2.
The Dreamer got a job.
2002
The Doer earned $165 million for his share in a money transfer company called PayPal.
The Dreamer had a job.
2004
The Doer invested in a small electric car startup called Tesla Motors.
The Dreamer got another job.
2008
The Doer began selling a long-range electric sports car called the Tesla Roadster.
The Dreamer had a job.
2012
The Doer began selling thousands of a long-range electric luxury sedan called the Tesla Model S.
The Dreamer got another job.
2015
The Doer began selling thousands of a long-range electric luxury SUV called the Tesla Model X.
The Dreamer had a job.
2016
The Doer unveiled an affordable long-range electric sedan called the Tesla Model 3.
The Dreamer reserved a Model 3.
2017
The Doer began production of the Tesla Model 3.
The Dreamer waited for the Model 3.
2018
Keep Doing…
Keep Dreaming…
(Featured image credit: Tesla CEO Elon Musk at First Model 3 Handovers 28 July 2017)
(My blueprint of the perfect EV in 1981 — age 11)
You forgot 2003, when the Doer spent a bunch of money cosmetically altering his hairline, and the Dreamer kept pushing PR gimmicks into space and avoiding questions about his company’s profitability at shareholder meetings.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/055b48225323a1cf9f5d7fdc1f4381d36f021867bd895cf95a6dd6c8f44231f1.jpg
Just goes to show that even doers can be vain!
As for not answering questions on profitiability when was the last time anyone with business acumen questioned Amazon’s business model?
Tesla are merely applying Amazon’s deferred profits model. And Amazon will pretty much own the online marketing space in another 10 years.
Sorry, I thought we were doing things by date. In 2003, Amazon was still being questioned regularly and dude was planning the first launch of the first Falcon 1 … which was still thought of as an impossible thing. (Don’t get defensive- you missed 2003!) 😉
I didn’t – I’m not the author!
Oh! 😀
Can you provide the source of where that drawing of the electric car Elon made at age 11? I search but could not find anything on the internet.
It is my drawing, look at the name on it. Point of the article: I dreamed up an EV at age 11 and made that drawing, forgot all about it and continued my average life. Elon did not stop at dreaming, he actually produced it.