Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla’s Hypergrowth

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Episode 813: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Jon McNeill about his time running Tesla and working side-by-side with Elon Musk. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(1:18) a job interview with Elon Musk

(5:07) Being a sniper for talent

(8:20) solve a real problem, right now. 

(11:23) solving Tesla’s sales problem

(23:41) One size fits all opportunities

(26:50) the power of noticing

(31:45) order of magnitude goals

(38:34) 3 sentence emails

(43:24) identifying $50B industry

(49:05) AI

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Links:

• The Algorithm – https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/799958/the-algorithm-by-jon-mcneill/ 

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