Elon just created 4,400 millionaires in a single day.
400 of them are now worth over $100 million.
These aren't VCs. They're SpaceX employees, and the list includes welders, technicians, and cafeteria staff, because for two decades the company paid every level of the workforce in stock instead of higher salaries.
Juan Hernandez immigrated from Mexico and took a $28 an hour contractor welding job in 2015. He says he didn't even know what SpaceX was. The company gave him a $10,000 equity grant and let him buy more shares through payroll deductions. That stake is now worth $880,000.
Trevor Hise's parents wanted him to take a stable job at General Electric. He picked SpaceX instead, stayed 12 years, and accumulated over 100,000 shares. At the $135 listing price that's $13.5 million. He's 37 and semiretired. His words: "The magnitude of this has been ridiculous."
The most telling detail came before the listing. Over 100 employees quietly banded together and negotiated a group wealth management deal covering up to $5 billion, because none of them had ever needed a wealth manager before.
Software IPOs have minted millionaires for 30 years. This is the first one where the money went to the factory floor.
The quicker you act on realizing you have to attack life, not let it happen to you, the quicker you enjoy this journey versus wasting it on stress, anxiety, and worry
6 Iowa Cities made U.S. News’ Top 250 Best Places to Live List:
4th) Ankeny
40th) West Des Moines
136th) Cedar Rapids
160th) Council Bluffs
208th) Dubuque
219th) Sioux City
People underestimate how long it takes to win big.
You struggle for 10 years. Eventually, in one day, you achieve more than you did your entire life.
Be patiently aggressive.
You will never do enough to get love from your haters.
You will never have enough proof to satisfy your doubters.
So just make sure your biggest hater and your biggest doubter isn’t yourself.
How does a self-taught ultra runner from rural Iowa end up helping a global superstar lose 260 lbs?
Matt Johnson went from a near-suicide attempt with $3,000 to his name…
…to helping Jelly Roll run his first mile.
This episode is about accountability, resilience, and rewriting your story.
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“Do more hard things everyday” is a great mantra but it should be less about ice baths and more about making that decision you’ve been putting off for three months.
Three leading U.S. universities have announced a breakthrough in oncology that utilizes precisely targeted light to treat cancer, moving away from traditional invasive methods.
In laboratory tests, this light-based therapy successfully obliterated 99% of aggressive cancer cells without the use of chemotherapy, toxic drugs, or radiation.
This approach represents a significant shift toward non-toxic interventions that prioritize the preservation of healthy biological systems.
The mechanism involves a specialized molecule that remains inert within the body until it is exposed to a specific wavelength of light.
Once activated, the molecule triggers a process where cancer cells are stimulated to self-destruct from within.
This entire procedure takes only minutes to complete, causing tumors to collapse while leaving the surrounding healthy tissue completely untouched and functional.
This level of precision addresses the primary drawback of chemotherapy, which often acts as an indiscriminate force attacking both cancerous and healthy cells alike.
By eliminating the systemic trauma of nausea, hair loss, and immune collapse, this light therapy offers a more humane alternative to traditional treatments.
This innovation marks a pivotal moment in medical science, turning the fight against cancer into a targeted, localized recovery process.
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