Gurley cites surveys showing 70% then 60% would restart careers differently if possible.
“We did this survey and asked people if you could start your career over again, would you do things differently? And in that survey, 70% of people said yes.”
“Yeah. I mean, if I have one goal of this book, it's to be Uncle Richard for as many people as possible.”
Gurley recommends reading Porter's Competitive Strategy because selling into consolidated industries is tough versus fragmented ones.
“I always tell people to read the first two chapters of Competitive Strategy by Michael Portner, because like if you're building a product and trying to sell into a consolidated industry, it's really tough.”