> Even with Elon the company barely made it many times
This is the crux of my argument. If Tesla failed, would it been because of Elon? Did X.com, Boring Co., etc fail because of Elon?
This is the crux of my argument. If Tesla failed, would it been because of Elon? Did X.com, Boring Co., etc fail because of Elon?
I could point to his bitcoin investments, many discrimination cases, failure to release Autopilot (against his own promises), SEC action, and Tesla share price manipulation as examples of him hurting the companies success, and directly connect them to his actions. Could you do the same for the companies success?
Easy. Nobody else's electric car company succeeded.
What's the common factor in Tesla's and SpaceX's highly unlikely successes? Elon Musk.
What's the common factor in Pixar's and Apple's recovery from near bankruptcy and catapulting to the top? Steve Jobs.
Define "succeeded"? Tesla was definitely not first to market, Ford is expected to surpass them in EV cars shipped by end of this year, and Tesla is well known for their poor car QA + service (as an owner myself).
The comparison between Steve Jobs and Elon Musk is very apt, but I think you lack the historical knowledge to understand why that is.
You might not be aware that your replies to me have exhibited 3 characteristics of losing the point:
1. inserting extra words into what I wrote so you can then attack the strawman
2. diversion into arguing about the meaning of words
3. lobbing a personal insult
I'm sure you can do better.
If I say with "provide a reason why Elon is necessary to the success of the company", and you respond with "Look at the success of these two companies he led" that's completely tangential to the question.
So in exchange for "doing better" answer a simple question for me: What specific actions did Elon take that led to the success of Tesla and/or SpaceX?
I've provided several specific actions that were to the detriment of Tesla, so it should be straightforward to do the inverse.