The Minutes of Bill Gurley on angel investing https://minutesof.com/bill-gurley/on/angel-investing/ Everything Bill Gurley has said on angel investing: 3 verbatim quotes between December 2012 and July 2026, each with a timestamp and a link to the… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:22:05 +0000 Gurley says Bezos looks for unbounded determinism when making angel investments. https://minutesof.com/q/afd06c8c-a524-40b3-94dc-63e87b00b428/ https://minutesof.com/q/afd06c8c-a524-40b3-94dc-63e87b00b428/ “Bezos likes to talk. I because I asked him once how he had all these amazing angel investments. He he's looking for unbounded determinism.” — Forbes Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:00:14 +0000 angel investing Gurley frames luck and optionality as something you can increase by taking seemingly superfluous meetings that https://minutesof.com/q/cc500b89-3ab1-457e-b2c6-b9d6bbe344de/ https://minutesof.com/q/cc500b89-3ab1-457e-b2c6-b9d6bbe344de/ “it's a question of can you increase your optionality for fortune or luck or whatever anyone else says by taking meetings that may seem superfluous or uncertain or that then lead to these big outcomes?” — Tim Ferriss Thu, 20 Jul 2023 20:37:52 +0000 angel investing Gurley observes an angel glut beginning a year ago, with some companies raising $5 million in seed money. https://minutesof.com/q/96f49468-90a6-4cc7-bf83-e88dcb685236/ https://minutesof.com/q/96f49468-90a6-4cc7-bf83-e88dcb685236/ “In fact, starting about a year ago I think there was probably what you might call an angel glut of companies who had maybe raised one, two, we've seen companies with $5,000,000 of convertible seed money.” — GigaOm Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:49:11 +0000 angel investing