Beware the Optimism Trap
Many young firms, including Tesla, struggle with deadlines. You have to get real about setting production schedules.
Elon Musk is a hero to many entrepreneurs, for many reasons—his vision, his audacity, his tenacity. But during Tesla’s annual shareholders meeting, he showed another, less common quality: humility. He acknowledged something that few entrepreneurs, let alone Elon Musk, have been willing to admit: “I think I have an issue with time.”
Pegged back by a series of delays in Model 3 production and pummeled by
