Cameron

But if you go back and him emigrating from South Africa to Canada and then Canada to the Bay Area and, you know, I don't think a lot of people don't know that he had his first successful company exit when he was like 25, something like that, 26. He sold this company called Zip2, winds up netting something like, you know, 20, 30 million dollars at that age.

But if you go back and him emigrating from South Africa to Canada and then Canada to the Bay Area and, you know, I don't think a lot of people don't know that he had his first successful company exit when he was like 25, something like that, 26. He sold this company called Zip2, winds up netting something like, you know, 20, 30 million dollars at that age.

And then immediately rolls it back into PayPal. And then he rolls PayPal into Tesla and SpaceX and does exactly what he always does now. But the fascinating thing, Cameron was like, dude, you didn't know anybody. You didn't have resources. You didn't have a network. How did you learn how to build companies? You were so young when you were doing that. Did you have a mentor?

And then immediately rolls it back into PayPal. And then he rolls PayPal into Tesla and SpaceX and does exactly what he always does now. But the fascinating thing, Cameron was like, dude, you didn't know anybody. You didn't have resources. You didn't have a network. How did you learn how to build companies? You were so young when you were doing that. Did you have a mentor?

And then immediately rolls it back into PayPal. And then he rolls PayPal into Tesla and SpaceX and does exactly what he always does now. But the fascinating thing, Cameron was like, dude, you didn't know anybody. You didn't have resources. You didn't have a network. How did you learn how to build companies? You were so young when you were doing that. Did you have a mentor?

Did you read a lot of business books? And Elon says something that's fascinating. He's like, I didn't read a lot of business books. He goes, I like biographies and autobiographies. I think they're helpful. He goes, I was looking for mentors and historical context. And so he talks about, you know, reading the biography of Ben Franklin, Henry Ford, Nikola Tesla.

Did you read a lot of business books? And Elon says something that's fascinating. He's like, I didn't read a lot of business books. He goes, I like biographies and autobiographies. I think they're helpful. He goes, I was looking for mentors and historical context. And so he talks about, you know, reading the biography of Ben Franklin, Henry Ford, Nikola Tesla.

Did you read a lot of business books? And Elon says something that's fascinating. He's like, I didn't read a lot of business books. He goes, I like biographies and autobiographies. I think they're helpful. He goes, I was looking for mentors and historical context. And so he talks about, you know, reading the biography of Ben Franklin, Henry Ford, Nikola Tesla.

And I was like, that's genius because for the vast majority of humanity, right, we don't have world-class biographies. mentors in person, but you can access their entire life learnings by picking up the biography. So a few years later, I started getting obsessed with podcasts. I was like, I remember that because as soon as he said that, I started reading a ton of biographies.

And I was like, that's genius because for the vast majority of humanity, right, we don't have world-class biographies. mentors in person, but you can access their entire life learnings by picking up the biography. So a few years later, I started getting obsessed with podcasts. I was like, I remember that because as soon as he said that, I started reading a ton of biographies.

And I was like, that's genius because for the vast majority of humanity, right, we don't have world-class biographies. mentors in person, but you can access their entire life learnings by picking up the biography. So a few years later, I started getting obsessed with podcasts. I was like, I remember that because as soon as he said that, I started reading a ton of biographies.

And then I got addicted to reading biographies. Oh, I should just make a podcast about the biographies I'm reading. And so it's funny you bring him up because I just read for the second time. I reread a lot of books. I think that's actually important. We can talk about that later if you want to. But I just read this book called Liftoff, Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days of SpaceX.

And then I got addicted to reading biographies. Oh, I should just make a podcast about the biographies I'm reading. And so it's funny you bring him up because I just read for the second time. I reread a lot of books. I think that's actually important. We can talk about that later if you want to. But I just read this book called Liftoff, Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days of SpaceX.

And then I got addicted to reading biographies. Oh, I should just make a podcast about the biographies I'm reading. And so it's funny you bring him up because I just read for the second time. I reread a lot of books. I think that's actually important. We can talk about that later if you want to. But I just read this book called Liftoff, Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days of SpaceX.

Elon is in a class of himself. There is not, in many cases, like a lot of the modern day founders, like there's a historical equivalent. There is like, you know, there is even a Steve Jobs before Steve Jobs. I've given up on finding another. There's no Elon Musk before, another Elon Musk before Elon. And the reason I love this book Liftoff so much is because it's the first six years of SpaceX.

Elon is in a class of himself. There is not, in many cases, like a lot of the modern day founders, like there's a historical equivalent. There is like, you know, there is even a Steve Jobs before Steve Jobs. I've given up on finding another. There's no Elon Musk before, another Elon Musk before Elon. And the reason I love this book Liftoff so much is because it's the first six years of SpaceX.

Elon is in a class of himself. There is not, in many cases, like a lot of the modern day founders, like there's a historical equivalent. There is like, you know, there is even a Steve Jobs before Steve Jobs. I've given up on finding another. There's no Elon Musk before, another Elon Musk before Elon. And the reason I love this book Liftoff so much is because it's the first six years of SpaceX.

That's it. Just like I said, I loved how Phil Knight just covered, get to the IPO is fine. This is even better because then you go back and what I do is when I'm reading books, I'll look up, how old are they when this is happening in their life? That book is about Elon Musk when he's 30 to 37.

That's it. Just like I said, I loved how Phil Knight just covered, get to the IPO is fine. This is even better because then you go back and what I do is when I'm reading books, I'll look up, how old are they when this is happening in their life? That book is about Elon Musk when he's 30 to 37.

That's it. Just like I said, I loved how Phil Knight just covered, get to the IPO is fine. This is even better because then you go back and what I do is when I'm reading books, I'll look up, how old are they when this is happening in their life? That book is about Elon Musk when he's 30 to 37.