Musk's college friend quit working with him at Zip2 after only 6 weeks: 'I knew I could either be working with him or be his friend, but not both'

• Navaid Farooq was one of Elon Musk's first friends during his time at Queen's University, Canada. 
• Farooq came to work for Musk at his first company, Zip2, but quit just six weeks into the job.
• Farooq told biographer Walter Isaacson that he soon "found himself in fights with Musk."

Elon Musk's college dorm-mate quit his job at Musk's company after only six weeks of working there, a new biography about the tech mogul has revealed.

In 1995, Musk was in the midst of getting his first company, Zip2, off the ground with his brother, Kimbal. Their idea was to put a directory of businesses online, combine it with map software and offer it as an online alternative to the yellow pages.