Elon Musk says

“I think the best way to attract venture capital is to try and come up with a demonstration of whatever product or service it is and ideally take that as far as you can. Just see if you can sell that to real customers and start generating some momentum. The further along you can get with that, the more likely you are to get funding.”

More from Elon Musk

“If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it's not.”

“Twitter is like open-sourcing the news”

“Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of whatever you’re doing is as valuable as gold.”

“I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.”

“My proceeds from the PayPal acquisition were $180 million. I put $100 million in SpaceX, $70m in Tesla, and $10m in Solar City. I had to borrow money for rent.”

“I am not normally an advocate of regulation and oversight… I think one should generally err on the side of minimizing those things… but this is a case where you have a very serious danger to the public.”

“I really like computer games, but then if I made really great computer games, how much effect would that have on the world.”

“I was raised by books. Books, and then my parents”

“I do think there is a lot of potential if you have a compelling product and people are willing to pay a premium for that. I think that is what Apple has shown. You can buy a much cheaper cell phone or laptop, but Apple's product is so much better than the alternative, and people are willing to pay that premium.”

“Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.”