Four Lessons On Building a $1.75 Trillion Company

On May 20, 2026, SpaceX filed its S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the formal opening move toward what is projected to become the largest IPO in history, targeting a valuation of up to $1.75 trillion. 

Most headlines focused on the rockets, the Mars obsession and Elon Musk’s ironclad voting control. But if you’re a founder (which many WPO members are), an executive scaling a team or anyone building something intended to last, this 270-page document is a startup strategy masterclass hiding in plain sight.

Here's what SpaceX can teach you.

Color Outside the Lines

How can you find or reignite that passion to start and grow a business?  It's not easy for if it were, everyone would be doing it. Success Magazine asked members of the Young Entrepreneur Council what advice they would give themselves.  Here's what they shared -- there are , in toto, 9 lessons.

No. 1:  Color outside the lines.
No. 2:  Don't doubt yourself.

Read more here.

Blog Post of Interest: How to Think and Act Different

This one's for Steve ... reflecting on his 2005 Stanford commencement address ... lessons we can all learn as we grow our businesses.

Reflecting on Steve Jobs' Words of Wisdom

Are you putting a ding in the universe?  What are you going to do about it?

Note:  Authorized biography on Steve Jobs coming out soon.

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