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E (Everett): Today we have Elon Musk. Elon, thank you for joining us. EM (Elon Musk): Thanks for having me. E: So, I wanted to spend the time today talking about entrepreneurship and what you think defines an entrepreneur. I know that a lot of the interviews you do often involve talking about the more technical aspects of SpaceX and Tesla, so I thought this would be a great opportunity to discuss entrepreneurship. To start off, could you tell us a little about your background before SpaceX and Tesla? EM: Yeah, sure. I was born in Pretoria, South Africa.Like any other young boy I read a lot of comic books growing up, and sometimes regular books. Back then, whenever something new happened with technology or inventions it seemed like it was …show more content…

Much less know that I wanted to be an entrepreneur. At one point I did think that inventing and creating new things would be cool to do for a living… but I wasn’t sure if that meant I had to start my own company to make new things, or work for a company that was really innovative. It wasn’t until college when I really thought about starting my own company. I didn’t make my way out to Silicon Valley until I was a graduate student, I was studying applied physics at Stanford. That was around 1995, when the Internet was still really new. I did think that the Internet would change the world though, and I wanted to be a part of that. My first step towards that was to get a job. I applied for a job at Netscape, but I didn 't get a reply. I wasn’t even thinking yet of starting my own company. I thought for sure that I would get a reply from Netscape. I had a physics and economics degree, and on top of that I was studying applied physics and materials science. For whatever reason, I didn 't get a reply from Netscape and I was so determined to get a job that I went to their offices and waited around in the main lobby. So I 'm just like standing in the lobby… it was a pretty embarrassing moment for me. I ended up leaving because I just couldn’t gather up the courage to talk to someone. Looking back, I probably didn’t get a reply because I didn’t have a computer science degree...or some experience as a software

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