When people speak about this South-African born entrepreneur, it is usually in a context of a financially failing electric car company, grandiose ideas of the future, or a trip to Mars. But, the individual in charge of all of these ventures earned his own financing (with the exception of bond-raising for Tesla). Elon Musk began his successful career as an entrepreneur in his late-teens. Musk started coding as a child and always had ‘side-hustles’ growing up. Musk dropped out of UPenn graduate school to pursue his entrepreneurial ideas full time. At the age of 23, Musk sold X.com to Compaq for $340 Million USD. Just a year later, in 2000, Musk sold the secure buying service- Paypal- to ebay for $1.5 Billion USD. This early success served as seed capital for the rest of Musk’s ventures. Although he now touts a prowess similar to that of a bond villain- young Elon Musk was much different. In interviews, Elon attributes his success to his early entrepreneurial years- where we monitored his sites and platforms during the day then coded and improved until the sun came up the next day- all the while living in a rented office space. In short, young Musk is an example that will relentless dedication to ideas, persistence, and a bit of luck, an idea can grow into a success.