![]() ![]() I'll be interested in your responses to Pat's POV. As Musk has gravitated to political spaces with X, it is easy to get caught up with the vitriol and lose sight of what may be really happening under the hood. So, there’s that.Īnd…I’m not a big fan of the “X” thing either. This could ultimately be his Waterloo battle.īut back when Tesla’s “end was near,” there were many writing that it’s unwise to bet against a genius who’s also one of the richest people on the planet. And there’s that pesky reality of execution, new competition and market reactions as he yet again goes against the grain of normal thinking. So that question again: “If you were going to change format at a radio station, would you continue using the same name?” Don’t we radio people CONSTANTLY complain about radio companies not doing that? In our terms, he’s got an underperforming radio station that he wants to grow into something else. WeChat dominates China for everything under one umbrella. Think YouTube, TikTok, Twitter, Apple Pay, Facebook, and more all-in-one single apps. Lastly, upon the takeover of Twitter, Musk made it known in many interviews that his vision was to basically copy Tencent (We Chat) and turn Twitter into the China model of one do-all entity in the social space like they did. But most importantly, those low prices have sucked away EV sales from every other car company, so now Tesla’s share is bigger than ever. Dropped the prices of Teslas which was totally against the grain of all other car companies raising prices. But, he was just opening the new Texas mega plant (almost all automated by the way). Pat, with another genius, rocket scientist, billionaire – Richard BransonĪbout a year ago the world was awash with how Tesla was done, Musk was killing the company because of the Twitter purchase, and you’d be an idiot to stay in the stock. Clearly, his mind is at some level that most of us regular humans can’t remotely operate on. So…collaborating with known experts, yes, but the fix ultimately comes from him. ![]() Yet he knows nothing about propulsion prior. Goes away and a day or two later comes back with the fix. Months of work and $$$ and they couldn’t fix it. They brought in 8 or 9 of the world’s best rocket people to find a solution. Seems early on they were having trouble making their propulsion system work. “If you were going to change format at a radio station, would you continue using the same name?”Ī couple of months ago I saw an interview with one of Space X’s chief engineers. Unfortunately this will all be memory and paraphrasing, but true.īut first a question. It’s interesting reading the dialogues/comments about Musk and X. Here's Pat's response to my blog post about Musk and X. He's tapped the brakes a bit in recent years, but continues to teach while producing Musicom Academy, a YouTube channel which teaches air talent how to transform themselves into successful program directors. In addition to CK and WNIC, Pat served as a PD, GM, and National PD for Canada's largest chain of stations. And as I got to know him, it became clear to me he's one of the best thinkers in the business. I first heard his brilliance at CKLW, the Big 8, perhaps the greatest Top 40 station of the era (and I say that with total respect for WLS, WABC, KHJ, and the others that radio old timers lovingly recall).īefore I had the pleasure of meeting Pat when we both worked for WNIC, I experienced his genius as a listener. When we think about stone cold pros who have enjoyed stellar, multi-decade careers in the radio business, Pat is right up there. In fact, the most eloquent of them came from none other than Pat Holiday. Pat HolidayĪnd while many of you agreed wholeheartedly with my not-so-complimentary “take” on X, nee Twitter, there was a comment or two about a certain method to Musk's madness. I held little back in the post, making my distaste for this sloppy rebrand abundantly clear. And that's precisely what happened with my post earlier this week, “Why Is Elon Musk Putting Lipstick On A Pig?” The oinker in this case is Twitter which has now been hastily transformed into X. We've got a cadre of smart readers who consistently bring more to the table than the stuff I write. And as analysts have watched Twitter's valuation not just slip but plummet, it has become that much harder to defend his changing strategies and his shoot-from-the-hip tactics.īut that's one of the reasons I enjoy publishing this blog. But maybe not.Īs a power Twitter user from the early days, I've been underwhelmed with Musk's moves. But his latest foray into social media has been a disaster, right? On the one hand, Musk is an innovator in fields like electrification, automotive, and even space travel. You may have read the title of today's post and wonder whether it even exists. ![]()
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