Stoppelman would have joined SpaceX if Elon Musk replied sooner
Jeremy Stoppelman · Yelp: Jeremy Stoppelman · Jun 24, 2019 · at 15:28
Jeremy Stoppelman (co-founder and CEO of Yelp) reflects on his 2004 summer job search while attending Harvard Business School after leaving PayPal.
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“And it's kind of a funny question of what would have happened if Elon had responded faster. I probably would have gone to SpaceX just because, I don't know, hedge fund versus rocket ship company. I might be tempted by the rocket ship company for the summer.”
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