ELON MUSK:
“THERE ARE NO LORDS AND PEASANTS AT TESLA. EVERYONE EATS AT THE SAME TABLE.”
“I ACTUALLY KNOW THE PEOPLE ON THE LINE, BECAUSE I WORKED ON THE LINE, I WALKED THE LINE, I SLEPT IN THE FACTORY, AND I WORKED BESIDE THEM. SO, I'M NO STRANGER TO THEM.
THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE AT TESLA WHO HAVE GONE FROM WORKING ON THE LINE TO BEING IN SENIOR MANAGEMENT.
THERE ARE NO LORDS AND PEASANTS.
EVERYONE EATS AT THE SAME TABLE.
EVERYONE PARKS IN THE SAME PARKING LOT.
AT GM, THERE'S A SPECIAL ELEVATOR ONLY FOR SENIOR EXECUTIVES.
WE HAVE NO SUCH THING AT TESLA.
WE GIVE EVERYONE STOCK OPTIONS.
MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST WORKING THE LINE, WHO DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT STOCKS WERE, WE'VE MADE THEM MILLIONAIRES.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M INCREDIBLY APPRECIATIVE OF THOSE WHO BUILD THE CARS, AND THEY KNOW IT.”
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Happy 20th Birthday, Rocket Lab!
An incredible story that is far from over.
The vision Sir Peter Beck had 20 years ago has inspired so many and brought together a brilliant team that keeps reaching new heights.
Here's to the next 20 years!
Avoca (W23) is building what it calls the AI workforce for the physical economy, starting with home services. In just a few years, the company has grown to eight figures in revenue and recently raised over $125 million at a $1 billion valuation.
In this fireside, co-founders @apurvas96 and @thetysonchen sit down with @garrytan to share how they found product-market fit by helping businesses turn missed calls into revenue. They explain why AI is expanding what software can do, pushing past the 1% of wallet that traditional software captures, and why they see it as one of the biggest opportunities for founders.
01:28 - Finding the Right Market
03:25 - Why AI Is Bigger Than SaaS
06:59 - The AI Job Story Nobody Talks About
11:53 - How the Founders Met
16:59 - The Pivot
21:47 - Customer Love Beats Market Size
25:31 - Building an AI Workforce
29:35 - Why Customer Obsession Wins
34:12 - Growing to Eight Figures
37:22 - The Vision Beyond Home Services
38:54 - Building a Generational Company
At SpaceX, engineers are treated like elite athletes, and held to that standard.
Ben Nowack (@bennbuilds) joined as a college freshman and absorbed it fast. He still quotes the way President Gwynne Shotwell framed it: “SpaceX engineers are the Navy SEALs of engineering, the professional athletes of the field.”
Ben doesn't think that bar is unique to rockets. In this clip, the standard he carried out of SpaceX and into @reflectorbital, and why he believes any company can run that way.
This is the best of humanity
At the 2026 Boston Marathon, runners Aaron Beggs (from Northern Ireland/Britain) and Robson De Oliveira (from Brazil) stop to help fellow competitor Ajay Haridasse cross the finish line after he collapsed near the 26-mile mark
Michelle and I loved reading to this bright group of kids today!
We hope this new Chicago Public Library branch at the Obama Presidential Center will be a place where folks come to read, check out books, and connect with one another for years to come.
About 5 years ago, Elon was giving @Erdayastronaut a tour of the Starbase launchpad. A worker at the site walks up, hugs him, and says: “We’re going to make it.”
He’s probably a millionaire now.
Starlink is capable of delivering broadband connectivity anywhere on Earth, even out on the range where the bison roam.
Stay connected to reliable high-speed internet, even in the most rural and remote areas.
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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.
“Having kids means you will do anything to ensure that they live and are happy, for you love them more than your own life a thousand times over…”
—Elon Musk.