My First Million
My First Million
Hubspot Media
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth
1 hour 4 minutes Posted Apr 9, 2026 at 2:38 pm.
) Intro
) a job interview with Elon Musk
) Being a sniper for talent
) solve a real problem, right now.
) solving Tesla's sales problem
) One size fits all opportunities
) the power of noticing
) order of magnitude goals
) 3 sentence emails
) identifying $50B industry
) AI
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Episode 813: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Jon McNeill about his time running Tesla and working side-by-side with Elon Musk. 
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