@GeniusGTX: This is Elon Musk in 2003, after selling his first company Zip2 for $307M. He told a Stanford lecture hall exactly how …
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A tweet recalling Elon Musk's 2003 Stanford lecture where he shared seven rules for building Zip2 and PayPal with minimal funds.
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This is Elon Musk in 2003, after selling his first company Zip2 for $307M.
He told a Stanford lecture hall exactly how he built it and PayPal with almost no money.
7 rules he ran both companies on:
- Product is the only real marketing https://t.co/wLlB1kFeib
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