Elon Musk Confronts a Fateful Tweet and an ‘Excruciating’ Year

Re:Elon Musk Confronts a Fateful Tweet and an ‘Excruciating’... by rthomas6 on Friday August 17, 2018 @09:32AM (#17782670)

It's bizarre and absurd to me that the public opinion even has a role in supporting corporate leaders, let alone a large one. Why should it influence Tesla and SpaceX whether or not the public supports him, apart from investing and buying the products? What matters is tangible results, not personal opinions of the masses.

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Re:Elon Musk Confronts a Fateful Tweet and an ‘Excruciating’... by pasabagi on Friday August 17, 2018 @03:11PM (#17785042)

I think the thing is, we think of CEO as a managerial position, but a lot of the time, it's actually a marketing position. It's about defining the corporate brand, both to other businesses, to customers, and to investors. That's why you often get CEOs who are pretty flamboyant.

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Re:Elon Musk Confronts a Fateful Tweet and an ‘Excruciating’... by deegles on Friday August 17, 2018 @09:48AM (#17782784)

I think the public/social media influences him because he lets it happen, so he gets more feedback, and it's become a vicious cycle.

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