The single key metric for the Neuralink team is the number of electrodes installed per minute into a brain.

Elon Musk's hiring strategy favors young, unproven engineers to whom he gives a significant amount of accountability and responsibility early in their careers.

When the Starlink project was 10 times too expensive and producing at one-tenth the required volume, Elon Musk fired the leadership team and brought in a team of rocket scientists led by Mark Juncosa to fix it.