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1. reisse+(OP)[view] [source] 2026-02-02 22:42:43
> If elon were working for me, I would have fired him for having never delivered on any of his projects.

Never? For the sheer amount of moonshot bets he's doing, his track record would make any VC jealous. Zip2, PayPal, Tesla, SpaceX, Grok/xAI.

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2. kayamo+Xg[view] [source] 2026-02-02 23:54:01
>>reisse+(OP)
World's Best At Surfing A Temporary Hyperinflation Wave is not a life goal to really be proud of tbh.
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3. tw04+ii[view] [source] 2026-02-03 00:00:28
>>reisse+(OP)
>Zip2

I guess props to scamming Compaq into making a large investment that didn't pan out. He did personally make money so I guess win for him.

>In an effort to woo investors, Elon Musk built a large casing around a standard computer to give the impression that Zip2 was powered by a supercomputer.

>PayPal

Huh? He didn't found Paypal, his company was acquired by Paypal. You might as well give him credit for eBay while you're at it. Paypal released their first digital wallet in 1999. They acquired x.com (and Musk) in 2000. Paypal itself was then acquired by eBay in 2002.

>Tesla

Investor, not founder.

>SpaceX

Yup, props here.

>Grok/xAI

Hasn't made a penny, no signs it had any path to profitability, which is why it was shoved into Space-X to cover his personal losses.

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4. frankd+RL[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-02-03 03:20:58
>>tw04+ii
Taking Tesla from where it was (an overpriced prototype) to what it is now did take some skill. He wasn't some passive investor who put money in and didn't do anything. The rest for sure he was gotten credit that isn't earned.
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5. octobe+KP[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-02-03 03:55:12
>>kayamo+Xg
Plenty of politicians are very proud of doing that.
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6. fouc+971[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-02-03 06:39:12
>>tw04+ii
note the post you're replying to said "track record" not "founded"
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7. michae+Ca1[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-02-03 07:08:56
>>frankd+RL
And of course, Elon did all of that work personally. 16 hours a day, nonstop hard work. Just take his word for it, it means a lot.
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8. westpf+0j1[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-02-03 08:16:53
>>tw04+ii
hey now. Lets not forget when Elon had Grok creating CSAM and sexually explicit material of nonconsenting women. Truely an... achievement? Surely it will propel humanity forward.
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9. which+0D2[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-02-03 16:32:26
>>michae+Ca1
Does Leslie Groves deserve (some) credit for the Manhattan Project? Obviously there were people under him doing the actual day to day physics and chemistry work, but if a less effective person was in charge, the whole thing could have failed.
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10. Alexan+qO2[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-02-03 17:19:31
>>michae+Ca1
And all that while having 14 kids and being the top player in Diablo 4[1]. Amazing!

[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2024/11/22/elon-musk-...

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11. riku_i+Gs3[view] [source] 2026-02-03 19:57:42
>>reisse+(OP)
> Never? For the sheer amount of moonshot bets he's doing, his track record would make any VC jealous. Zip2, PayPal, Tesla, SpaceX, Grok/xAI.

not never, but xAI is not clear if successful, and others were bootstrapped 10 years ago, and not clear if they need mask at this point.

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12. bamboo+U94[view] [source] 2026-02-03 23:39:44
>>reisse+(OP)
He also purchased Tesla once there was prototypes etc, not to say he didn't do anything good there or whatever (I have no idea what he really did) but yeah, people like to pretend he did all these things on his own or something.
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