The Minutes of Bill Gurley on disruption https://minutesof.com/bill-gurley/on/disruption/ Everything Bill Gurley has said on disruption: 5 verbatim quotes between December 2012 and March 2026, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:22:02 +0000 Gurley warns people who chose safe jobs without loving them are sitting ducks for AI technology. https://minutesof.com/q/2349db67-caed-4da5-a643-a91df3d9302b/ https://minutesof.com/q/2349db67-caed-4da5-a643-a91df3d9302b/ “I think you're those are the people, oddly enough, that are kinda sitting ducks for this new technology that's coming along.” — Aaron Lazar: Impossible Dreams Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:00:15 +0000 disruption Gurley argues private companies now have more capital than incumbents for the first time in history. https://minutesof.com/q/9a59c3ce-68cd-4fcf-8fc2-7dba9b9a68c9/ https://minutesof.com/q/9a59c3ce-68cd-4fcf-8fc2-7dba9b9a68c9/ “And for the first time in history, I believe private companies are the ones with more money and are attacking the long held incumbents, which is a radical thing to think about.” — Invest Like the Best Tue, 02 Jul 2019 09:30:00 +0000 disruption Gurley explains Innovator's Dilemma: disruptive products succeed by targeting customers who reject incumbent c https://minutesof.com/q/60b1ab7a-113e-44ad-a3f3-3209723b061a/ https://minutesof.com/q/60b1ab7a-113e-44ad-a3f3-3209723b061a/ “Products that are able to be disruptive get over designed. They get over feature rich, they get complex, they get heavy.” — This Week in Startups Fri, 07 Apr 2017 23:27:51 +0000 disruption Gurley says Yellow Pages took eighty years to peak but fell by half in less than six years. https://minutesof.com/q/4709c336-64d3-4140-be41-f8e913d900a0/ https://minutesof.com/q/4709c336-64d3-4140-be41-f8e913d900a0/ “So in a six it took eighty years for it to reach that pinnacle and in less than six, it's more than fallen in half.” — SVTV Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:59:38 +0000 disruption Gurley states local advertising peaked at over one hundred billion dollars around 2006. https://minutesof.com/q/4bab6181-ca90-483d-8bd7-4b5b50c61a14/ https://minutesof.com/q/4bab6181-ca90-483d-8bd7-4b5b50c61a14/ “So local advertising measured by a bunch of different groups peaked at about the same time at over 100,000,000,000.” — SVTV Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:59:38 +0000 disruption