Bill Gurley on

decision framework

3 quotes · Feb 2026 – Apr 2026

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  1. Gurley describes mental exercise asking if he sees himself doing current job thirty years from now.

    “I had a mental exercise that I did in my first two stops in my career, where a couple of years in, said, Do I see myself doing this thirty years from now?”

    3:07 · Silicon Valley Girl Clips · 27 Apr 2026 · permalink
  2. Gurley developed a mental exercise asking himself if he saw himself in the same role thirty years later.

    “I developed this mental exercise that I didn't realize I was doing, but at the time, but I said to myself, well, a couple years in, we started a third project, looked like the second project, looked like the first project.”

    6:03 · Bill Gurley · 6 Mar 2026 · permalink
  3. Gurley evaluated career paths by asking if he could see himself doing the job thirty years later.

    “And you can look around the org and see the people that have been in that type of job that long and look at their life and just say, is that something I would enjoy?”

    3:20 · Lux Capital · 25 Feb 2026 · permalink

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