What Elon Musk Taught Me About Scaling a Company
About 5-6 years ago, I was privileged to meet Elon Musk. Here’s what he told me: As your company gets bigger, you need to create deliberate channels for communication. The communication should not just flow top-down hierarchically, where an employee talks to their direct reports, they talk to their manager, and then to the next one. You need to create the path for the shortest communication by making yourself available to various employees within the company.