Elon Musk

Elon Musk Left South Africa at 17 with $2,000 and a Suitcase of Books

I was researching the early chapters of Elon Musk’s life when I realized that most people skip straight to the rocket...

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Maye Musk: The Mother Who Worked Five Jobs to Raise Three Entrepreneurs

I was researching the Musk family when I kept running into the same pattern: every article about the family eventuall...

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The Road Trip That Started It All: How the Musk Brothers Found Their First Business

I was researching the founding of Zip2 when I stumbled across a detail that most accounts of the company gloss over e...

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Greg Kouri: The Man Who Bet $8,000 on Elon Musk Before Anyone Else

I was researching the founding of Zip2 when I kept encountering a name that appeared in every early account but rarel...

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The Netscape IPO That Started the Internet Gold Rush

I was researching the timeline of Elon Musk’s early career when I realized that one event keeps appearing in the back...

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How Zip2 Almost Died Before It Became a $307 Million Exit

I was researching the early days of Zip2 for my earlier piece on the Musk family when I realized something that most ...

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From Zip2 to X.com: How Elon Musk Bet Everything on Online Banking

I was digging into the timeline between Zip2 and PayPal when I realized that most people skip this chapter entirely. ...

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Kimbal Musk: From Zip2 Co-Founder to Farm-to-Table Pioneer

I was reading about the Musk family for my earlier article when I realized I had been making the same mistake as ever...

#Kimbal Musk #The Kitchen #Big Green

Tosca Musk: The Third Sibling Who Built Her Own Streaming Empire

I was reading about the Musk family tree for my article on how the Musk brothers built Zip2 when I noticed that nearl...

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The PayPal Mafia: How One Startup Produced the Founders of YouTube, LinkedIn, and Tesla

I was researching Elon Musk’s transition from PayPal to SpaceX for my article on the Musk family when I fell down a r...

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Elon Musk Crashed His Million-Dollar McLaren — Uninsured — While Showing Off to Peter Thiel

I came across this story while researching the Musk family’s early years in Silicon Valley, and I could not stop thin...

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How The Musk Family Got Rich

When I was researching Elon Musk, the young entrepreneur, and the humble beginnings of the company that would make hi...

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Category Elon Musk

Elon Musk Left South Africa at 17 with $2,000 and a Suitcase of Books

Maye Musk: The Mother Who Worked Five Jobs to Raise Three Entrepreneurs

The Road Trip That Started It All: How the Musk Brothers Found Their First Business

Greg Kouri: The Man Who Bet $8,000 on Elon Musk Before Anyone Else

The Netscape IPO That Started the Internet Gold Rush

How Zip2 Almost Died Before It Became a $307 Million Exit

From Zip2 to X.com: How Elon Musk Bet Everything on Online Banking

Kimbal Musk: From Zip2 Co-Founder to Farm-to-Table Pioneer

Tosca Musk: The Third Sibling Who Built Her Own Streaming Empire

The PayPal Mafia: How One Startup Produced the Founders of YouTube, LinkedIn, and Tesla

Elon Musk Crashed His Million-Dollar McLaren — Uninsured — While Showing Off to Peter Thiel

How The Musk Family Got Rich

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