Bill Gurley on

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  1. Gurley cites 2023 Gallup poll showing over 50% aren't engaged at work, only 23% qualify as engaged.

    “If you're unfulfilled at work, there's a 2023 Gallup poll study that came out and said over 50% of people aren't actively engaged at work. And the number that qualifies engaged is like 23%.”

    0:12 · Silicon Valley Girl Clips · 16 Mar 2026 · permalink
  2. Gurley reports survey finding that 60% of people would choose a different career if starting over.

    “we did a survey where we asked people if you could go back in time and start your career over again, would you do something different? And six out of 10 said yes.”

    2:19 · Silicon Valley Girl Clips · 16 Mar 2026 · permalink
  3. Gurley cites 2023 Gallup poll showing 53% of people are disengaged at work.

    “there was a Gallup poll in 2023 that like 53% of people are disengaged at work. And that's not great. We've all heard about quiet quitting.”

    7:31 · On with Kara Swisher · 26 Feb 2026 · permalink
  4. Gurley cites $171 billion in first-day wealth transfer over thirty-eight years from IPO underpricing.

    “You know, thirty, forty years over the past thirty eight years, 171,000,000,000 in First Day Wealth Transfer.”

    2:05 · CNBC Television · 2 Oct 2019 · permalink
  5. Gurley argues successful AI requires huge datasets on both sides for matching.

    “In order to be successful and powerful in these types of areas, you need huge datasets, and you need them on both sides so that you can do the matching.”

    1:05 · CNBC · 17 Nov 2017 · permalink

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