How Elon Musk Built 5 Companies From Scratch 👇👇 #shorts

1. Zip2 (1996) – His First Startup

How it started: Elon and his brother Kimbal created Zip2 to provide business directories and maps for newspapers, an early version of online city guides.

Key move: Cold-called newspapers to partner with them. Eventually landed big deals, including with The New York Times.

Exit: Sold to Compaq in 1999 for $307 million. Elon made $22 million.

2. PayPal (1999, originally X.com)

How it started: Musk launched X.com, an online banking service. It later merged with Confinity, which had a money transfer system (PayPal).

Key move: Focused on email-based payments and user growth, even giving users $10 for signing up.

Exit: eBay bought PayPal in 2002 for $1.5 billion. Musk made ~$180 million.

3. SpaceX (2002)

How it started: Musk used $100 million of his own money to start SpaceX with the goal of reducing space travel costs and colonizing Mars.

Key move: Hired top engineers, iterated rocket designs (Falcon 1, 9, Heavy), and succeeded after multiple failures.

Breakthrough: Secured a $1.6 billion contract from NASA in 2008 after near-bankruptcy.

4. Tesla (2004, joined after founding)

How it started: Musk joined Tesla Motors as chairman and later CEO, investing $6.5 million in its first round.

Key move: Focused on high-performance electric vehicles, starting with the Roadster, then Model S.

Crisis: Nearly bankrupt in 2008; Musk invested his last funds and raised capital to save it.

Result: Became the world’s most valuable car company.

5. Neuralink (2016)

How it started: Founded to develop brain-computer interfaces to help humans keep pace with AI.

Key move: Recruited top neuroscientists and engineers to design implantable brain chips.

Current status: Still in early stages, with human trials just beginning.
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