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Snapchat Is Worth $800 Million Because Facebook Has Basically Turned Into LinkedIn, Says VC Bill Gurley
"The thing that I would say that has become fundamentally true in the venture world is that these s…
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Legendary tech investor Bill Gurley will reportedly not be involved in Benchmark's newest fund, ending a track record that lasted more than 20 years.
Gurley, known for his savvy bets on Uber and Stitch Fix, has been actively involved in the firm's f…
Bani Sapra  Â
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Legendary investor Bill Gurley rejected Robinhood's pitch because it made him feel 'emotionally bad' and he thought the app mislead users
"It made me feel bad. Emotionally bad. Because I think it is misleading to people," Bill Gurley tol…
Allana Akhtar  Â
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Silicon Valley venture capitalist Bill Gurley said he 'hates' small rounds of layoffs: 'You get 100 percent of the pain and very little gain'
In a podcast interview, venture capitalist Bill Gurley said layoffs between five and 10% don't give…
Britney Nguyen  Â
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Now might be 'as good a time as you've had in a decade' to build a company from scratch, says famed investor Bill Gurley
In the past five years, venture capitalist Bill Gurley said the environment for starting a company …
Britney Nguyen  Â
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Investor Bill Gurley is fascinated by the GameStop saga: 'Minnows rose up and took down a shark'
"Two weeks ago, I grabbed my 18-year-old and said, 'You've got to give me a Reddit demo,'" Gurley t…
Annabelle Williams  Â
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One of tech's most important investors says tumbling tech stocks could kill off some unicorns
During the recent boom, tech company founders have been encouraged to prioritize growth over profit…
Lucy England  Â
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Top Silicon Valley Investor Bill Gurley Is All About These Startup Trends Right Now
Gurley pointed to Sailthru as one startup that is really pushing this idea forward. Sailthru is NYC…
Rebecca Borison  Â
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Marc Andreessen on rival venture capitalist Bill Gurley: 'I can't stand him'
When I pressed Andreessen on a16z's fund size, he said that even if the basic assumptions haven't c…
Maya Kosoff  Â
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How a harshly-worded email from Stitch Fix CEO Katrina Lake convinced Uber investor Bill Gurley to push Travis Kalanick out
Now however, all that was in jeopardy as Uber suffered through an unrelenting storm of lawsuits and…
Julie Bort  Â
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Bill Gurley: Here's the worst advice ever given to Silicon Valley startups
That's how he thinks we should view these enormous private companies. When startups have raised hun…
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Legendary investor Bill Gurley says that there's a 'systematic problem in Silicon Valley' because it's too easy to get cash
Bill Gurley has experience with acrimonious corporate governance: Benchmark was an early investor i…
Rob Price  Â
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The one question prominent Silicon Valley investor Bill Gurley asked Warren Buffett when they met
"If you go back to '99, there were a whole bunch of companies going public and everything, but no o…
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A scientist who researches supplements takes these 3 everyday to reduce inflammation and improve skin health
Dr. Bill Gurley has dedicated his career to studying supplements,. These are the three he takes eve…
Kate Hull  Â
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Silicon Valley VC Bill Gurley has sounded an alarm on 'dangerous' unicorn startups
There's already an increase in startup failure, according to Gurley. "In addition to high profile c…
Sam Shead  Â
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Former Uber board member and VC Bill Gurley says it's time for Silicon Valley's unicorns to 'grow up' and get profitable
Gurley's perspective has some bias. As a venture capitalist who invests in startups, he needs those…
Alex Heath  Â
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One of Uber's earliest investors says the billions it spent on self-driving were a 'waste of money'
The money would have been better spent on delivery efforts, early investor and former board member …
Tim Levin  Â
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Benchmark's Bill Gurley calls Silicon Valley Bank's collapse 'a black swan event' at SXSW, and casts aside criticism of the move to secure its depositors
Benchmark's Bill Gurley said people need to think about the implications of Silicon Valley Bank's c…
Madeline Renbarger  Â
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Legendary VC Bill Gurley reveals he's betting on ethereum - and praises the crypto's fans for being practical and flexible
Gurley said he isn't a crypto maximalist, and wouldn't argue that people need to have exposure to t…
Shalini Nagarajan  Â
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Uber And Snapchat Investor Bill Gurley Is The VC Who Won 2013
"The thing that I would say that has become fundamentally true in the venture world is that these s…