Elon Musk, All-In
Treat Stated Metrics As Warranties
Verify the seller's claimed numbers before paying the agreed price.
Elon Musk says
The Twitter deal came down to the bot count. In making the Twitter offer, he was relying on the truth and accuracy of Twitter's public filings. If those filings are not accurate, he cannot pay the same price for something that is much worse than they claimed. It is like agreeing to buy a house advertised as having less than five percent termites, but it turns out to have ninety percent termites, which is not okay.
Try this
Before closing a deal, verify the seller's headline metrics yourself and reprice or walk away if diligence reveals a major gap.
