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PandoMonthly: Fireside Chat With Elon Musk

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Sarah Lacy talked to Elon Musk of Tesla Motors and SpaceX during PandoMonthly and went into detail on what other entreprenuers should do while raising venture capital, why he isn’t going to be doing another Internet startup, his thoughts on CleanTech, the launch of SpaceX, and finally, his plans for the future.

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34 Comments on “PandoMonthly: Fireside Chat With Elon Musk”

  1. I’m a huge Elon fan, but must admit I have a little difficulty listening to
    him.

    He’s not the smoothest conversationalist… a ton of “uhhh”s, “umm”s,
    “aaah”s, and broken sentences, like his words can’t quite keep up with his
    mind.
    This is not meant at all as an insult, simply an observation of his social
    awkwardness that is so characteristic of geniuses of his caliber.

    I’ve been a huge fan of Elon’s for about 8 years now, and my “fanmanship”
    grows exponentially over time.

  4. I’m huge fan of Musk because i made enough money to buy a Tesla car just
    trading that stock. if there is no Musk i wouldn’t be rich

  6. Finally, the first female that I have seen interviewing him who doesn’t
    flutter her eyes/flirt the whole time.

  7. I’m still surprised why it’s considered weird for Elon to start companies
    in different industries. He’s not a computer scientist. He’s a physicist.
    He’s trained in what’s possible in the universe, which obviously goes far
    beyond web startups? :/

  8. It is a shame that he could not be a candidate for President! We need
    someone to clean up that immoral,ethical and spiritual cesspool, Washington.
    DGW

  9. She was a good interviewer. She knew what she was talking about and you can
    sense that she really understands her questions. 

  10. I like Elon….. but couldn’t take that annoying host, made it until the 2
    minute mark….. Put her behind a desk, she HAS to have better skills
    in something else??????? AAAANNNNNOOOOYYYINNNGGG~

  11. A truly successful visionary. Elon Musk creates an electric car company
    when others are going under(getting bailed out) and a private space
    cooperation when NASA is making cuts(shuttle(manned program)). What will he
    do next?

  13. what did he say his super power would be? i couldn’t understand what he
    said, but i think he said “to always beat the traffic”??

  15. great interview! She was an amazing interviewer. She got a lot out of him,
    more than I’ve seen in any other interview. 

  16. Hehe, Americans should come to Japan for state of the art infrastructure.
    You can literally travel across the entire country on the bullet train!!

  17. I can just see it now, Headlines: Elon Musk dead at 42. Speeding down the
    highway. A lie in of itself! A setup by the feds who are owned by the oil
    companies, to take him out because he’s in the auto industry. 

  18. The interviewer is so keen to attack him that she interrupts him 100 times
    and asks dumb questions, unintentional flop 

  19. He is my f’ing Hero. Seriously. I’m 35 and he makes me act like a big kid
    and feel what I felt the first time I read about amazing people like
    Einstein and Tesla for the first time. No one alive today excites me like
    this guy. In fact I clearly recall my dismay growing up and turning into
    man and realising just how lacklustre, selfish and small minded the world
    was…Then came Elon.

  20. I can’t watch this level of fawning. This girl needs to go back to Narnia
    where she came from.

  21. The girl wearing the headset behind the questioner at 49:34 is gorgeous!

    Superficial comment, I know.

  23. He is the reason why my plans are so so big. He is the reason why I get up
    2 hours early each day to study outside of my active career.

  33. Something that scares me is that there’s a relatively high number of
    companies involved with electric cars. Does that mean there’s not going to
    be anymore electric cars in the future? Or can there be a lot more electric
    car/battery companies?

  34. Another thing, how would anyone compete against Tesla and make them look a
    little more obsolete?

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