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𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐄𝐥𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐤 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞? Let’s rewind a bit. Elon wasn’t born rich. He was born in South Africa, loved books, computers, and science. At the age of 12, he sold a small video game he coded himself. That was his first taste of building something valuable. In his 20s, he moved to the US — no big money, no big connections, just a strong vision. He started a small company called Zip2 with his brother, which helped newspapers go online. It was sold for $307 million. Then came X.com — an online bank. That eventually became what we know today as 𝗣𝗮𝘆𝗣𝗮𝗹. And what did Elon do after that? He risked everything and invested most of his money into two crazy ideas: 1. Making electric cars (Tesla) 2. Making rockets to go to space (SpaceX) People laughed. Experts said both would fail. He was almost bankrupt at one point. He slept in his factories. He worked 100+ hours a week. But he never gave up. Today, Tesla is worth more than $500 billion. SpaceX is sending rockets to the International Space Station. And Elon Musk is one of the richest people on the planet. What can we learn? - Start small, but start early. - Believe in your vision, even when no one else does. - Work hard. Take risks. Be bold. - Don’t build to become rich — build to solve big problems. Because solving big problems… creates big companies. #ElonMusk #StartupStory #BillionDollarJourney #Inspiration #BuildTheFuture

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