The Minutes of Bill Gurley on age https://minutesof.com/bill-gurley/on/age/ Everything Bill Gurley has said on age: 5 verbatim quotes between January 2025 and May 2026, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording it came… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:22:02 +0000 Gurley discovered his father wrote influential NASA paper on rocket atmospheric bounce at age 27. https://minutesof.com/q/2dc85483-c172-498b-bc2f-615835724008/ https://minutesof.com/q/2dc85483-c172-498b-bc2f-615835724008/ “And I looked at the date on that document and he was 27 years old when he wrote it.” — Bill Gurley Fri, 15 May 2026 23:32:47 +0000 age Gurley argues older investors build cynical mental models that make them miss next disruptive thing. https://minutesof.com/q/42936be2-556f-4b3e-8f43-c9a349d06410/ https://minutesof.com/q/42936be2-556f-4b3e-8f43-c9a349d06410/ “Two, I think, and this all goes back to the asymmetric optimism thing, as you get older, you build more mental models and you become more cynical.” — MIT Sloan VCPE Mon, 11 May 2026 19:59:13 +0000 age Gurley argues venture capital bends toward youth because founders are young and young VCs understand new techn https://minutesof.com/q/fd6756e0-2a7c-4ccb-a15b-811bf5dc5281/ https://minutesof.com/q/fd6756e0-2a7c-4ccb-a15b-811bf5dc5281/ “I think it's very hard to be a venture capitalist as you get older and I think it's very easy to break into venture capital as a young person.” — School of Hard Knocks Podcast Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:34:25 +0000 age Gurley states the average age of a new Benchmark partner is about 30 years old. https://minutesof.com/q/57bdc43b-b943-4966-9cfb-4135291134b1/ https://minutesof.com/q/57bdc43b-b943-4966-9cfb-4135291134b1/ “the way, the average age of a new partner at Benchmark that becomes an equal partner is about 30.” — School of Hard Knocks Podcast Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:34:25 +0000 age Gurley reveals SpaceX Boca Chica average age is 29, matching early NASA when his father wrote reports at 26. https://minutesof.com/q/200f1a13-03ec-40b0-8078-26e8e831bb2c/ https://minutesof.com/q/200f1a13-03ec-40b0-8078-26e8e831bb2c/ “The average age at Boca Chica is 29, which is fascinating. Yeah. Yeah. And it was funny because I asked my dad, was that true at NASA?” — McCombs School of Business Fri, 24 Jan 2025 00:57:51 +0000 age