斯坦福｜Elon Musk's 2003 Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture

 

Elon Musk’s first public speech - talks Paypal and SpaceX 2003

Elon Musk’s first public speech - talks Paypal and SpaceX 2003 This is Elon Musk's first public presentation on record, if Elon made other appearances, they have yet to surface on the interwebs. During an address at Standford University for the Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture Elon elaborates on SpaceX and the business side of space exploration. He also looks back at the early days of Paypal.

Overview:

00:00. Career Development

02:44. Founding of Paypal

05:48. Success Through Viral Marketing: PayPal

06:53. Selling the Company: Paypal to eBay

07:54. Opportunities in Space: Mars Oasis

12:06. Space Travel Today

18:28. Positioning and Competition: Space Travel

23:26. Startup Successes: Comparing Zip2 and Paypal

26:31. Viral Marketing

27:09. Challenges in the Space Industry

28:27. Why is Space Travel So Expensive?

30:30. Customer Base: Paypal vs. SpaceX

31:25. Qualities of an Entrepreneur

32:29. History of SpaceX

33:24. Career Development: To MBA or Not?

34:25. Reducing Company Costs: Paypal and SpaceX

37:03. Patents and Paypal

37:44. Space Mining vs. Human Space Flight

38:52. Government and Space Travel

38:49. What is the Right Time to Sell?

41:58. History of Zip2

44:02. Decreasing Costs in Space Travel

45:43. Space Travel is Not for the First-Time Entrepreneur

Date: October 8, 2003