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Elon's was quoted saying "you have a forest of redwoods and the little trees cant grow." While pointing his finger at California, I can't help but think this really reflects back on him.

Elon Musk's success and several others began as the result of PayPal.

To my knowledge none of Elon's companies since have produced a group like the PayPal mafia. The PayPal folks are smart people, but the bay area is full to the gills of smart visionaries lacking capital to take on ambitious visions. Many have worked at Elon's companies. To really see little trees grow people like Elon would need to change their equity structures to let the next group of innovators thrive.