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Elon Musk’s 5-Step Algorithm (Most People Run It Backwards)
Most people run Elon's algorithm in reverse. They automate first, simplify second, and never question whether the process should exist at all. In this episode, Ray breaks down the 5-step algorithm Musk developed the hard way at SpaceX and Tesla — question every requirement, delete, simplify, accelerate, automate — and why the order matters more than the steps themselves. If you're tech-friendly or systems-minded, you're probably guilty of this: falling in love with the machine instead of the output. The sin isn't skipping steps. It's running them backwards, which is how you end up with bloated automations built on processes that shouldn't exist in the first place.
What You'll Learn in This Episode:
- Why automating first locks in the wrong process — and Musk's rule that if you're not adding back 10% of what you deleted, you haven't deleted enough
- How smart people create invisible requirements nobody challenges — and why Step 1 is questioning the rules themselves
- Why tech and systems-minded operators fall in love with the machine instead of the output — and how to reverse it
Elon Musk explains his 5-step algorithm for running companies
https://youtu.be/tdf3luOCNks?si=WGPPvOsJmW99btKk
An Ultimate Guide to Elon Musk's Algorithm
https://geekway.substack.com/p/an-ultimate-guide-to-elon-musks-algorithm
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Welcome to The Ray J. Green Show, your destination for tips on sales, strategy, and self-mastery from an operator, not a guru.
About Ray:
→ Former Managing Director of National Small & Midsize Business at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, where he doubled revenue per sale in fundraising, led the first increase in SMB membership, co-built a national Mid-Market sales channel, and more.
→ Former CEO operator for several investor groups where he led turnarounds of recently acquired small businesses.
→ Current founder of MSP Sales Partners, where we currently help IT companies scale sales: www.MSPSalesPartners.com
→ Current Sales & Sales Management Expert in Residence at the world’s largest IT business mastermind.
→ Current Managing Partner of Repeatable Revenue Ventures, where we scale B2B companies we have equity in: www.RayJGreen.com
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Most people run Elon's algorithm in reverse. They automate first, simplify second, and never question whether the process should exist at all. In this episode, Ray breaks down the 5-step algorithm Musk developed the hard way at SpaceX and Tesla — question every requirement, delete, simplify, accelerate, automate — and why the order matters more than the steps themselves. If you're tech-friendly or systems-minded, you're probably guilty of this: falling in love with the machine instead of the output. The sin isn't skipping steps. It's running them backwards, which is how you end up with bloated automations built on processes that shouldn't exist in the first place.
What You'll Learn in This Episode:
- Why automating first locks in the wrong process — and Musk's rule that if you're not adding back 10% of what you deleted, you haven't deleted enough
- How smart people create invisible requirements nobody challenges — and why Step 1 is questioning the rules themselves
- Why tech and systems-minded operators fall in love with the machine instead of the output — and how to reverse it
Elon Musk explains his 5-step algorithm for running companies
https://youtu.be/tdf3luOCNks?si=WGPPvOsJmW99btKk
An Ultimate Guide to Elon Musk's Algorithm
https://geekway.substack.com/p/an-ultimate-guide-to-elon-musks-algorithm
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Welcome to The Ray J. Green Show, your destination for tips on sales, strategy, and self-mastery from an operator, not a guru.
About Ray:
→ Former Managing Director of National Small & Midsize Business at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, where he doubled revenue per sale in fundraising, led the first increase in SMB membership, co-built a national Mid-Market sales channel, and more.
→ Former CEO operator for several investor groups where he led turnarounds of recently acquired small businesses.
→ Current founder of MSP Sales Partners, where we currently help IT companies scale sales: www.MSPSalesPartners.com
→ Current Sales & Sales Management Expert in Residence at the world’s largest IT business mastermind.
→ Current Managing Partner of Repeatable Revenue Ventures, where we scale B2B companies we have equity in: www.RayJGreen.com
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Follow Ray on:
YouTube | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram