Dossier
first-principles thinking
Coverage of first-principles thinking in the Nexus archive.
- 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.