Elon Musk: I Didn’t Plan Success—Just Wanted to Be as Useful as Possible

Elon Musk: I wanted to be as useful as possible. That was it, really.

“I certainly didn't expect to get the things done that I have gotten done. Quite frankly, I expected failure. It was really just that I wanted to do something that was as useful as possible. I wanted to be as useful as possible. That was it, really.

I initially didn't even really intend to start a company. I tried to get a job at Netscape after graduating from Penn. Marc Andreessen is a friend of mine, but they didn't respond to my resume that I mailed in.

So I was like, okay, I've been writing software since I was a kid, so I'll write some Internet software and see if I can do some useful applications on the Internet.”

Harrisburg, October 19, 2024