Whether an investor or a student, it's important to learn from those who came before you – those successful figures who serve as important role models. Tesla (TSLA) founder Elon Musk, for example, has been successful in bringing his groundbreaking brand mainstream (it certainly hasn’t been an easy ride). See some of the obstacles Musk has encountered and how he has responded to them in our latest infographic, courtesy of University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Collat School of Business: