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The fourth chapter is the first venture: conquering the online world.

1994 Musk and his younger brother, Baldin, took the first step in the American dream and started a trip across the United States. During this trip, they turned their eyes to the Internet, constantly brainstorming and thinking about how to start a company to do things on the Internet.

The best idea that comes to mind during the trip is to establish a doctor's website, which is a system to provide information exchange and cooperation for doctors.

This summer, Musk found a job as an intern in Silicon Valley. One is Pinnacle, which is based on the research of supercapacitors. The other is Rocket Science, which is dedicated to building the most advanced video games in the world. Musk is full of energy. He found that Silicon Valley is the paradise he has been looking for.

Musk's first feasible Internet project was a clue he got during his internship in Silicon Valley. He was inspired by a yellow pages salesman. 1995, the two brothers set out to build an information website, which was finally named Zip2. This idea is a bit whimsical. At that time, few small businesses knew about the Internet. Display the information of small enterprises on the Internet, and let the public know their existence through the Internet. The website will create a searchable directory for these enterprises and generate corresponding maps.

They set up their own company and began to recruit employees for promotion and promotion. It was difficult at first, and people's acceptance was very low. But at the same time, they gained an important ally and became co-founders. Subsequently, the company attracted venture capitalists to join, the company achieved further development, and achieved great success in the field of journalism. However, the entry of capital made Musk lose the position of CEO and control of the company, and there were huge differences due to different views on the future. Finally, it was acquired by Compaq, a personal computer manufacturer, and Musk received $2,654,380+million.

As the first company founded by Musk, watching it grow step by step made him full of confidence. Nothing is impossible for him. Later, the company was acquired, and Musk understood from this matter that he must strive for the control of the company and the position of CEO.

In this chapter, I pay special attention to the fact that Musk founded Zip2, the first company. After watching it grow up step by step, his personality has changed a lot. Since then, he has the ability to control the overall situation and become very confident. Nothing is impossible for him. This is a great inspiration to me. People's confidence and energy are given by doing things again and again, which proves the correctness of his method of doing things.

As ourselves, we must have the experience of being the first, the obsession of being the first, and many experiences and summaries of being the first. This is the soil for a person to achieve something.

I must let myself have this experience and let my children have this experience.