From a former President of Tesla comesTheAlgorithmthe first book written by any of Elon Musks direct reportsatransformative guide for leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators who want toemulate the paradigm-shattering approach Musk used to launch Tesla and SpaceXto meteoric success.

Jonathan McNeill had already founded and sold six startups when Sheryl Sandbergintroduced him to Elon Musk, who was looking for help at Tesla. McNeill wassteeped in the lean principles that had made Toyota a globalpowerhouseprinciples focused on achieving efficiency and optimization byincrementally improving existing systems and processes. What he learned fromElon at Tesla was its antithesis, an approach that required radical rethinkingto explode the status quo, attack complexity, and set seemingly unrealisticgoals. Elon called this five-step framework The Algorithm.

1. Question every requirement.

2. Delete every possible step in the process.

3. Simplify and optimize.

4. Accelerate cycle time.

5. Automate.

In this book, McNeill details this tremendously powerful setof tools, which brought Tesla from a production crisis that threatened toderail it to a period of hypergrowth. During his tenure, revenue boomed from$2B to $20B in just 30 months. Since his departure from Tesla, McNeill has usedThe Algorithm in every enterprise he has worked with to supercharge speed,efficiency, innovation, and growth. Featuring case studies from Tesla andSpaceX, as well as from Lululemon, GM, and companies of various sizes acrossindustries, he reveals how any business can do the same and achieve theunimaginable.

About the Author

Jon McNeillis the cofounder and CEO of venturecapital firm DVx Ventures. A serial entrepreneur and business leader with aproven track record of boosting revenue and scaling companies, he served as thepresident of Tesla, Inc., and the COO of Lyft.

McNeill currently holds positions on the board of directorsof General Motors, CrossFit, and Lululemon, among others.

A sought-after speaker, he is a frequent contributor to CNBCand is regularly quoted in business publications such asFortune,Semafor,andTechCrunch.