I know that many Gulchers don't like Elon Musk taking government contracts in order to get started. In his business, the startup cost is so prohibitively high that I just don't see how you could do it any other way. He has now largely weaned his company off of the government subsidies and definitely is trending in the right direction. One aspect that Ayn Rand didn't go into detail on was the transition from an invention into mass production. This is where many would-be companies die. A very real challenge I am dealing with is how to bring in enough dollars through near term sales to generate enough money to capitalize the big long term moneymakers.

My big gripe are the pharmaceuticals who get grants to develop a product, then sell lots of their stock and still sell the product we paid for at an alarming price. Other countries aren't charging the prices we pay for pharmaceuticals. Particularly life saving drugs shouldn't be so expensive.

sure he did not move to China, to be closer to his source of batteries??