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I worked with Elon Musk and Travis Kalanick in my 20s. Here's what I learned from them about building a company.
Adi Prasad, cofounder and CEO of Matter, shares lessons learned from working with Elon Musk at Tesla and Travis Kalanick at CloudKitchens during his 20s. He highlights Musk's first-principles thinking and Kalanick's approach to scaling businesses as key influences on his entrepreneurial journey.
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