disruptive

Big breaking news! Elon musk has just bought a very large stake in Twitter. Listen in to this episode to hear Rob’s thoughts on this and why it matters.

KEY TAKEAWAYS 

• The news of Elon buying a large share of Twitter has increased the share price significantly, Elon has reportedly already made 1.2million from buying his stake.
• Elon uses Twitter a lot, most recently asking whether he should pay more tax and he listened to this. He then went on to pay the biggest tax bill in the world.
• Elon calls himself a free speech purist and has even floated the concept of creating his own social media platform, is this the beginning?

BEST MOMENTS 

 “The news prompted twitters stock to soar”

“Apparently, this is a passive investment for Elon musk, more for the long term”

“Usually when Elon Musk does something there is some important things underneath it, some strategy”

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ABOUT THE HOST

Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “Disruptors”

“If you don't risk anything, you risk everything”

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