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Jon McNeill

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My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

Right, right.

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

And that's a perfect example of that.

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

Like I think...

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

And noticing is a trait a lot of entrepreneurs have because we do see like friction and say to ourselves, like, why does this friction exist in life and how do we get rid of it?

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

Right.

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

And I have people ask me, like, do you fly private?

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

And I've got a weird answer.

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

I said, no, I don't.

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

But for a weird reason.

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

I don't fly private.

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

I fly commercial because I want to experience friction of everyday life.

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

That's going to give me my next business idea or two or three.

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

And I think entrepreneurs are kind of wired to look for friction as a clue that there could be an opportunity.

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

But they definitely, we all have, I think, a heightened spidey sense for where that friction is.

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

Yeah, it's kind of three layers.

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

First off, he's brilliant, and he is unique as an entrepreneur in our time.

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

I can't name any entrepreneur who's created four or five companies all worth tens of billions of dollars, if not hundreds of billions of dollars.

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

Zuck has had one, Gates had one, Jobs had two.

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

Beatty Knox had one, Ellison's had one.

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

You go down the list of entrepreneurs of our time, there's nobody like him.