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Musk has also made what I consider bizarre and impulsive decisions with SpaceX and Tesla. The gullwing doors of the model X almost bankrupted the company, for instance. Or take the blast pad incident during a recent starship launch. Experts warned him this would happen.

Musk making unforced errors isn't new. His businesses do incredibly well regardless.

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It's almost as though many of his companies succeed in spite of, not because of, his leadership. Get enough money and smart people on a problem and they can survive most leadership foot-gunnings.

He was very good at raising money when money was free. Unclear if all the other things about him add up to a net positive for his companies now.

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