We have essentially no patents in SpaceX. If we published patents, it would be farcical, because the Chinese would just use them as a recipe book.

We have essentially no patents in SpaceX. If we published patents, it would be farcical, because the Chinese would just use them as a recipe book.

Similar Elon Musk quotes:

Starting and growing a business is as much about the innovation, drive and determination of the people who do it as it is about the product they sell.
One of the biggest mistakes we made was trying to automate things that are super easy for a person to do, but super hard for a robot to do.
When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.
The only thing that makes sense to do is strive for greater collective enlightenment.
Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.

Other Entrepreneurship :

If you don’t have big dreams and goals, you’ll end up working for someone that does.

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Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of whatever you’re doing is as valuable as gold.

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Seventy percent of success in life is showing up.

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Disruption causes vast sums of money to flow from existing businesses and business models to new entrants.

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The good news for shareowners is that a single big winning bet can more than cover the cost of many losers.

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Commitment is a continuous effort.

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If you double the number of experiments you do per year you’re going to double your inventiveness.

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The best customer service is if the customer doesn’t need to call you, doesn’t need to talk to you, it just works.

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In the old world, you devoted 30% of your time to building a great service and 70% of your time to shouting about it. In the new world, that inverts.

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If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend six hours sharpening my axe.

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Freedom is the foundation for all wonderful things in life.

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Success lives on your sweat. Determination makes it pleasurable. Action makes it attainable.

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