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6 wild details from episode 1 of the new Uber show, 'Super Pumped' — and whether they really happened
At the Uber depicted in the new Showtime series "Super Pumped," brashness is celebrated, rules are …
Avery Hartmans  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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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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Legendary VC Bill Gurley warns of a tougher era for tech investors, praises Jeff Bezos, and casts doubt on the metaverse in a new interview. Here are the 10 best quotes.
Startups could previously raise money easily and not worry about profits, but now they face higher …
Theron Mohamed  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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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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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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Legendary tech investor Bill Gurley says today's markets remind him of the dot-com bubble
"There is certainly what I would call a highly speculative nature to the markets today, a willingne…
Emily Graffeo  Â
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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 VC investor Bill Gurley wants to ban the order-flow practice at the heart of the Robinhood saga - and one platform is already abandoning it
"We will stop participating in the practice of PFOF and instead introduce a tipping feature on trad…
Matthew Fox  Â
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Legendary tech VC Bill Gurley explains why the IPO 'game is rigged' and why Slack and Spotify's disappointing listings haven't shaken his faith that direct listings will become the norm
In a traditional IPO, companies hire investment banks to underwrite their offering and help them pr…
Troy Wolverton  Â
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A startup backed by Bill Gurley wants to fix one of the most frustrating things about the doctor's office
"We use Stitch primarily as an urgent communications mechanism," Michael Krause, chief revenue offi…
Lydia Ramsey  Â
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A startup that helps you book urgent care appointments that's backed by Bill Gurley is going national
Solv's CEO Heather Fernandez, a Zillow veteran, told Business Insider that the purpose of the marke…
Lydia Ramsey  Â
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Why top investor Bill Gurley hates 'fundraising parties'
I remember a prominent professor at a prominent east coast school calling me and chewing me out for…
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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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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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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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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…