➤ Jimmy Soni, author of 'The Founders' joins Rob Maurer to discuss the early days of Elon Musk, the story of x.com and PayPal, where Twitter may be headed, and more. The Founders: https://amzn.to/3V7oGWZ The Soul of A New Machine: https://amzn.to/3jcqGzY Find Jimmy Soni on Twitter @jimmyasoni 0:00 Jimmy Soni & The Founders 0:41 Backstory on the book 4:38 Understanding Elon 10:22 Elon’s early days and Twitter motivation 14:25 A vision unfulfilled 16:57 Being wrong 20:20 Organizational change 22:06 Speed 24:02 Elon forced out of PayPal 34:22 Elon’s mindset and overcoming challenges 39:55 Elon’s motivation & character 47:08 Engineering vs. the world 50:31 Filtering out the noise 53:08 Misconceptions Shareloft: https://www.shareloft.com Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/teslapodcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tesladailypodcast Tesla Referral: https://ts.la/robert47283 Executive producer Jeremy Cooke Executive producer Troy Cherasaro Executive producer Andre/Maria Kent Executive producer Jessie Chimni Executive producer Michael Pastrone Executive producer Richard Del Maestro Executive producer John Beans Disclosure: Rob Maurer is long TSLA stock & derivatives. Product links may earn additional revenue for the channel.