The Minutes of Bill Gurley on data https://minutesof.com/bill-gurley/on/data/ Everything Bill Gurley has said on data: 11 verbatim quotes between November 2017 and August 2026, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording it… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:21:59 +0000 Gurley cites 2023 Gallup poll showing over 50% aren't engaged at work, only 23% qualify as engaged. https://minutesof.com/q/3bf71ed5-1400-4e1f-92a3-b6de2cdd3955/ https://minutesof.com/q/3bf71ed5-1400-4e1f-92a3-b6de2cdd3955/ “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%.” — Silicon Valley Girl Clips Mon, 16 Mar 2026 13:01:05 +0000 data Gurley reports survey finding that 60% of people would choose a different career if starting over. https://minutesof.com/q/680bc053-7fd3-4e9e-b390-198f3fe3c17d/ https://minutesof.com/q/680bc053-7fd3-4e9e-b390-198f3fe3c17d/ “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.” — Silicon Valley Girl Clips Mon, 16 Mar 2026 13:01:05 +0000 data Gurley cites 2023 Gallup poll showing 53% of people are disengaged at work. https://minutesof.com/q/7f935901-587d-4b6a-850f-e2b9f4a19ed8/ https://minutesof.com/q/7f935901-587d-4b6a-850f-e2b9f4a19ed8/ “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.” — On with Kara Swisher Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:18:55 +0000 data Gurley cites AI specialist suggesting data exhaustion may limit LLM scaling, not just parameter count. https://minutesof.com/q/9354b7cd-a74e-4029-b4fc-96fd9b14a07e/ https://minutesof.com/q/9354b7cd-a74e-4029-b4fc-96fd9b14a07e/ “And then a very smart, I was having a conversation with Melanie Mitchell from the Santa Fe Institute, who's a very smart AI specialist, and she thinks data may be what causes the asymptote.” — Bg2 Pod Thu, 25 Jan 2024 16:05:50 +0000 data Gurley cites $171 billion in first-day wealth transfer over thirty-eight years from IPO underpricing. https://minutesof.com/q/4be47518-8695-43d0-a49c-75d89b7fc9c6/ https://minutesof.com/q/4be47518-8695-43d0-a49c-75d89b7fc9c6/ “You know, thirty, forty years over the past thirty eight years, 171,000,000,000 in First Day Wealth Transfer.” — CNBC Television Wed, 02 Oct 2019 17:35:22 +0000 data Gurley argues successful AI requires huge datasets on both sides for matching. https://minutesof.com/q/cfdb898a-cf36-4f85-92f2-d3c406a2f12b/ https://minutesof.com/q/cfdb898a-cf36-4f85-92f2-d3c406a2f12b/ “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.” — CNBC Fri, 17 Nov 2017 18:49:28 +0000 data