To All The Doers & All The Dreamers: Keep Doing & Keep Dreaming

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)

elbil_tegning

(My blueprint of the perfect EV in 1981 — age 11)

7 thoughts on “To All The Doers & All The Dreamers: Keep Doing & Keep Dreaming

    1. 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.

      1. 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!) 😉

  1. 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.

    1. 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.

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