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Re:Elon Musk Tesla email: Remote work is no longer acceptable by koonsolo on Thursday June 02, 2022 @02:52AM (#31592202)
> Start at being born to an emerald mine owner (or equivalent) and use that capital for your first business

Zip2 was the first company Elon started: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1211064937004589056

"We started Zip2 with ~$2k from me plus my overclocked home-built PC, ~$5k from my bro & ~$8k from Greg Kouri (such a good guy — he is greatly missed).

My Dad provided 10% of a ~$200k angel funding round much later, but by then risk was reduced & round would’ve happened anyway."

> from a place of uninformed jealousy

"Daddy provided the capital for his first business" seems both uninformed and jealous.

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Re:Elon Musk Tesla email: Remote work is no longer acceptable by iancmceachern on Thursday June 02, 2022 @04:41PM (#31600247)
Your points here serve to back up the points of the comment you replied to, not yours.
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Re:Elon Musk Tesla email: Remote work is no longer acceptable by koonsolo on Thursday June 02, 2022 @05:57PM (#31601031)
That's probably because your standards are different than mine. I don't call a $20K investment "capital from an emerald mine owner", I call that "pocket money".

Your consultancy firm probably earns more than that in a month. Or not?

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