Elon Musk is among the top entrepreneurs who are in the news almost every day and have a vast impact on the latest technology trends. One day you will see Elon Musk in the news for Tesla motors and the other day you will be watching him celebrating the achievements at SpaceX.
埃隆·马斯克作为顶尖的创业者之一，几乎每天都出现在新闻中，并且对最新的技术趋势有巨大影响。前一天还看到埃隆·马斯克出现在特斯拉汽车的新闻里，后一天你就看到他在庆祝SpaceX（太空探索技术公司）的成就。

As an entrepreneur, Elon did not achieve the success that easily. It was only some years ago when Elon was struggling in his personal and professional lives and was almost with empty hands having nothing in his bank accounts.
作为一个创业者，埃隆并不会那么轻易地取得成就。几年前埃隆还在个人和职业生活中苦苦挣扎，两手空空，存款全无。

There are a lot of lessons in the success of Elon Musk especially for young entrepreneurs and we will be discussing some of them in the coming lines.
这里有一些关于埃隆·马斯克的成功经验，尤其是针对年轻的创业者。接下来我们会讨论其中的几点。

1. Trust in your ideas.
1. 相信自己的想法

Elon Musk’s first startup was about the Web listings like Yelp back in the days when the Internet was not common. No one was convinced to share his/her shop listings on the web when Musk and his brother approached the shopkeepers to list their shops on the web, but they believed in their idea, built it and ultimately sold it to Compaq for $407 Million in cash in coming years.
埃隆·马斯克的第一个创业公司是一个类似于Yelp（美国最大的点评网站）的网页列表，那时候网络还不普及。当马斯克和他的兄弟去找店主，希望把他们的商品列在网络上的时候，没有人被说服。但他们坚持自己的想法，并不断完善，最终在第二年以4.07亿美元现金的价格卖给了康柏电脑公司。

Elon was so obsessed with his idea that he used to sleep next to the desk in the office and the other engineers used to wake him in the next morning.
埃隆如此沉迷于自己的想法，以至于他习惯了睡在办公室桌子旁边，而其他的工程师也习惯了在第二天早上把他叫醒。

2. Start early and be aggressive.
2. 早点开始并且充满斗志

Like the Web listings startup Zip2, Elon Musk started thinking about the Internet banking in very early days of the Internet. He actually wanted to open an online bank which would eventually "rule them all." With the money he had now after the Zip2’s acquisition by Compaq, he started an online payments transaction company the . But because of the lack of his knowledge in financial matters, he joined the guys who had good knowledge of finance and they all became the co-founders of the which later transformed into PayPal.
就像是网页列表的创业公司Zip2，埃隆·马斯克开始在互联网发展早期思考网络银行。他确实想要开一家在线银行，最终能“统治一切”。他用Zip2被康柏公司收购的资金投入一个在线支付交易公司。但因为缺乏财务相关知识，他加入了一群对财务有深入认知的人，后来他们都成为了、也就是未来的PayPal（贝宝，最大的网上支付公司）的联合创始人。

3. Always do your homework.
3. 经常完成任务

Elon Musk is only second to Steve Jobs in modern times, who has that vast impact in different industries and sectors. You will find all different ventures in his portfolio like Zip2, PayPal, Tesla and SpaceX. But what is the reason of his success? He is always prepared and always comes with complete homework.
埃隆·马斯克是现代仅次于史蒂芬·乔布斯的人物，他对各行各业都有巨大的影响。你会发现在不同行业都有他的投资，比如Zip2，贝宝，特斯拉，以及SpaceX。但他成功的原因是什么呢？他总是在准备并且完成自己的任务。

When Musk entered the space and aeronautics industry, many industry giants considered him as one of the many millionaires who spend some good money on their hobby to fail only. But Elon Musk was different. He not only entered the industry with full preparations but with clear goals and targets. And now he is redefining the standards there.
当马斯克进入航空航天业时，许多行业巨头认为他只不过是诸多愿意为自己的爱好花大钱并且只会失败的百万富翁中的一员。但埃隆·马斯克不一样。他为进入这个行业做了充分的准备，并且有明确的目标和方向。现在他给这个领域重新定了标准。

4. Hire fresh talent and trust them.
4. 招聘并信任新人才

While we listen to the news of "big hiring" in different industries on the regular basis, Elon built his team for both SpaceX and Tesla mainly with the fresh talent. And to hire the fresh talent, he never hesitated to contact the young and talented engineers himself directly. While the inexperienced team can do big mistakes because of the lack of experience, they still can produce great results with the energy they have and the dynamic leadership.
当我们听到不同行业的“大招聘”新闻时，埃隆却用新人才组建他的SpaceX和特斯拉团队。招聘新人才时，他毫不犹豫地亲自去联系这些年轻有为的工程师。虽然经验不丰富的团队会由于缺乏阅历犯下大错误，但他们也能通过自己的能力和有活力的领导去创造巨大的成就。

But this is only possible when you can lead from the front. According to a colleague of Elon Musk in his early days, when the team used to work for 20 hours a day, Elon used to work for 23 hours.
但这在你打头阵时才有可能。埃隆·马斯克早年的同事说，当团队需要每天工作20个小时时，埃隆要工作23个小时。

5. Change the conventional ways of working.
5. 改变传统的工作方式

Space and aeronautics industry was following (and still following) the old conventions of working. When Elon Musk entered the Space industry, one of the main challenges for the SpaceX was to challenge the giant companies like Boeing.
航空航天业沿袭了（目前仍在沿袭）传统的工作。当埃隆·马斯克进入航天工业时，SpaceX面临的最大挑战是叫板波音公司这样的巨头。

SpaceX brought the idea of reusable rockets and their latest successful landing of the rocket is the big step in this regards. These cost-cutting strategies have now become the plus point for SpaceX to compete against the giants in the industry and for the first time, it is looking possible for the low-cost passenger flights in the space.
SpaceX带来了可重复使用火箭的想法，他们最近成功着陆的火箭在该领域迈出了重大的一步。这些成本削减战略已经成为SpaceX第一次对抗行业巨头的加点，它在寻找太空中低成本客运航班的可能性。

6. Fight, fight and fight more.
6. 战斗，战斗，战斗

Elon Musk is a fighter, who strikes back very quickly. When the was in trouble, some of the guys convinced the board of directors to remove Elon Musk as CEO. Musk got this news when he was on his honeymoon (after nine months of his marriage.) and he came back from the very next flight to face the situation.
埃隆·马斯克是一个战士，他会很快反击。当陷入麻烦时，一些人说服董事会撤掉埃隆·马斯克CEO的职位。马斯克在度蜜月时（结婚九个月后）听说了这个消息，立即乘坐下一趟航班回国去处理局势。

Similarly, when the Tesla Motors failed to achieve the production deadline for its first Tesla Roadster and company was near to bankruptcy, one of the directors refused to fund anymore in order to fail Elon Musk and take his position. But Elon fought back, put all his stakes on the mortgage to avoid the bankruptcy and survived.
同样的，当特斯拉汽车公司未能实现特斯拉跑车首次量产的最后期限、公司濒临破产时，一名董事成员为了撤掉埃隆·马斯克并接替他的职位而拒绝投资。但埃隆展开反击，把他所有的股权抵押贷款来避免破产，最终幸存了下来。

In this fight for survival, Elon fell sick seriously and took months to recover. This is a very serious concern for every entrepreneur to take care of his/her health matters by bringing small things into the routine like using fitness trackers to keep up to date about your health and fitness.
在这次生存之战中，埃隆得了重病，用了好几个月的时间来恢复。对每个创业者来说，关注个人健康问题是非常重要的，可以通过把小事引入日常的方式来保持健康，如使用健身追踪器等。

7. Keep enjoying life, celebrate success.
7. 享受生活，庆祝成功

Despite his busy schedule, Elon has always managed to find the time to enjoy the life. When he got his share from the sale of his first startup, he immediately bought an 1800 square-foot condo and moved there from his apartment which he used to share with three other people.
尽管工作繁忙，埃隆总会想办法去享受生活。当得到第一个创业公司的股票后，他立刻买了一套1800平方公尺的公寓搬了进去，在这之前他和其他三个人一起住。

He also bought the McLaren for $1 million (Only 62 in the world at that time) and CNN made a documentary on the delivery of the car to his home.
他还以100万美元的价格（那时全世界只有62例）收购了麦克拉伦（英国著名的赛车研发制造公司），CNN（美国有线电视新闻网络）为车辆交付的过程拍摄了一部纪录片。

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