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Venner: Cable harness manufacturing is large, unautomated, and overlooked
“Cable harnesses is such a large, fragmented, unautomated business, and yet it's the backbone to everything that's being built today. There isn't an autonomous vehicle or high-tech piece of equipment that doesn't have sensors, actuators, and computers that all …”
Venner: In-house software became a major differentiator for SpaceX's scaling
“It became one of the major differentiators for how could, how SpaceX could scale and keep all the information together and connected with each other.”
Venner: Musk energized SpaceX employees by keeping the mission front and center
“Elon was really good about keeping the mission as a forefront focus for what we were doing, and just kind of energized everyone to get it done.”
Venner: Shotwell and Musk's dynamic mirrored Broadcom's founders
“So, so Gwen was to Elon what Henry was to Nick at Broadcon. Like, Nick was the aggressive, make it happen, drive people to the very last ounce of juice they had, and Henry was pick up the mess that gets created, help people figure out really what they're tryin…”
Venner: Gwynne Shotwell was the operational glue holding SpaceX together
“Gwen was as driven as Elon, but in a nicer Way that helped the company keep moving forward and not just burn everyone out as they went but brilliant, brilliant. Knew where to focus, what to do, kept things going when Elon would go up and focus on Tesla, the bo…”