My friend Elon Musk notoriously told Management Today in 2014 (though he’s since assured me he was misquoted!) that I lack practical technological skills: “I like Richard and I think he’s doing some cool things. But technology is not really his whack.” To a degree, he was right. We have very different brains, which is part of the reason we get on so well. He has a lot more technical knowledge than me and is very detail-focused, while I think in broader strokes. We’d probably make a good team. As I once joked while he was holidaying on Necker: “If you don’t have your own ventures one day,
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Whoa Elon Musk spent time at Necker Island with Branson! Exciting...
