[karimdag]

How so ?

[aaavl2821]

For one, he invested tens of millions of his personal assets into his companies, so having tens of millions to put into a startup is one prerequisite

[sah2ed]

So, step 0 would be having real-world experience building a viable business, which Musk gained from Zip2 and PayPal.

[jacquesm]

The whole reason his name is mentioned here is because is somewhat exceptional.