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· Max Chang
How Elon Musk Almost Sold Tesla to Google’s Larry Page for $11 Billion
In 2013, billionaire Elon Musk’s electric-car company, Tesla Motors, was only weeks away from becoming Google Motors, or whatever other name Google co-founder Larry Page would have dreamt up.
· Waylae Gregoire
How Billionaire Elon Musk Once Lived on $1 a Day
Do you have what it takes to lead the life of an entrepreneur? If you think you do, try living off only a dollar a day for a month. It’s a challenge Elon Musk once faced to see if he had what it took to be successful. Before he became the billionaire he is today and before he…
· Max Chang
Justine Musk Reveals Exactly What it Takes to Be as Great as Elon Musk
Earlier this month, the following question was posed on Quora: “How can I be as great as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Richard Branson?” Elon Musk’s first ex-wife, author Justine Musk, decided to give her input. Justine and Elon Musk married in 2000, before he became the…
· Editorial Staff
Watch Fresh-Faced, 28-Year-Old Elon Musk Make His First Millionaire Splurge
What’s it like when your startup finally makes it big? For Elon Musk in 1999, the feeling was encapsulated in a $1 million McLaren F1 hypercar.
· Editorial Staff
The Story of the Legendary Mad Scientist that Inspired Elon Musk
By now, we all know his name. Elon Musk paid homage by naming his revolutionary electric car company Tesla Motors, but not many know the real story of the life of Nikola Tesla. This is the story of the world’s first mad scientist. Nikola Tesla was born on July 10th, 1857 in…
· Justine Musk
Justine Musk: Why Becoming a Billionaire Has Almost Nothing to Do With Determination
Editor’s Note: An anonymous Quora user posted the question “Will I become a billionaire if I am determined to be one and put in all the necessary work required?” The most upvoted answer was provided by Justine Musk.
· Editorial Staff
Why Kanye West Wore This $12 Bracelet on His Time Magazine Cover
As most of us have already heard by now, Kanye West was inducted into Time’s list of 100 Most Influential People in the world. He is featured on one of five covers of the issue, and Elon Musk had some kind words to say about him in his profile.
· Benny Luo
Meet the Man Who’s Taught Billionaires, World Leaders and the X-Men to Master Their Minds
Many people can relate to struggling in school when they were younger. Sometimes, it might’ve felt so frustrating to academically lag behind peers that giving up seemed like a realistic option. This was the case for Jim Kwik when he was growing up. School wasn’t simply hard for…
· Waylae Gregoire
15 Habits Only Real Entrepreneurs Who’ve Struggled Know About
Being a real entrepreneur isn’t easy. By real entrepreneur, I mean someone who has turned an idea into a profitable startup with their own two hands, their own money and a carefully chosen team. I’m talking about the bootstrapped entrepreneur who hustles at every corner and is…
· Benny Luo
After Getting Fired From Apple, Steve Jobs Had One Man Document His Incredible Comeback
For many of us, Steve Jobs is seen as an iconic innovator. But in addition to his meticulous work creating new, game-changing products, he put equal hard work into preventing those products’ details from being leaked to the press before they were publicly launched. With his need…
· Brian Wong
Best Advice: How a Cold Email Can Land You Funding
Someone once told me, “If you ask for money, you get advice. If you ask for advice, you get money.” Those words changed the entire course of my career. They helped me launch my startup Kiip, acquire several rounds of funding, and learn from the brightest in the industry.
· Editorial Staff
Meet the Modest Man Who Fulfills Billionaires’ Dreams But Doesn’t Give a Sh*t About Money
Many of us long to have a career whose every single moment is enjoyable. After all, making it in life is not really about just making tons of money, but about having a job that doesn’t feel like a job. Based on our research, it’s safe to say entrepreneur Steve Sims’ job fits in…
· Waylae Gregoire
I Graduated Last Year: Here Are 6 Things I Really Wish I Did In College
I want to become a millionaire before I turn 30. I graduated a little over a year ago, so I still have several years to meet my goal. I’m working for a startup now, and while I don’t regret a second of it, there are moments when I wish I could violently shake my younger self for…
· Sebastian Dillon
10 Ways Marijuana Can Make You More Successful
If there’s anything our generation is known for, it’s got to be our tendency to embrace entrepreneurship and our openness to the drug culture- we are all either really foolish, or really smart (we are the most well educated generation after all). When it comes to smart people,…
· Waylae Gregoire
This Teen Made Tens of Thousands of Dollars Off His First App Just By Googling It
We swear, with how fast the tech world moves, it seems entrepreneurs are getting younger… every month. When Michael Sayman was 12-years-old, he taught himself to code through tutorials he found on Google. At age 13, he created his first app, priced at one dollar, which made him…
· Editorial Staff
15 Ways To Know You Will Be A Successful Entrepreneur One Day
Every entrepreneur is after only one thing- success. Whether it’s business success, success in changing the world, or financial success, it is the end all for any startup. But how do you know you will be successful? The majority of entrepreneurs out there fail, again and again,…
· Waylae Gregoire
10 Quotes From Entrepreneurs That Make It Okay To Be a Little Crazy
So you are an aspiring entrepreneur with some big ideas that could easily change the world. I’m willing to bet your parents and friends have probably called you a dreamer, eccentric, or just plain crazy. Are they right? Probably, but that just means you are on the right track to…
· Waylae Gregoire
7 Advantages to Being an Introverted Entrepreneur
Most people think that being an introvert is a disadvantage in business. They tend to stay away from crowds, they might shy away from conversation, and it’s not in their nature to readily project themselves or their ideas in most settings. In some ways it makes sense- it takes a…
· Editorial Staff
This Startup Aims to Replace Eggs and Has Got Bill Gates Throwing Money at it
Nowadays, it seems like many aspiring entrepreneurs are mainly thinking of business ideas to disrupt the tech space, like building the next big app or social network. This is not the case for entrepreneur Josh Tetrick, as his startup Hampton Creek Foods aims to replace eggs with…