No one was more vociferous than Musk. And he reveled in the opportunity to prove himself, especially with the strict, “show-me” way the payments were structured. The bolder, the better, he figured. The arrangement, he knew, favored a scrappy startup like his, and, for once, put the less nimble, more risk-averse traditional contractors at a strategic disadvantage. They could play it safe. He had nothing to lose.
