The Minutes

Bill Gurley on

elon musk

4 entries, 13 Oct 2024 to 25 Feb 2026

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    1. spoken

      Gurley observes Elon Musk obtained roughly 10% of NVIDIA's quarterly availability for x.ai despite massive demand.

      “And he walks in and takes what equate sounds looks like about 10% of the quarter's availability.”

      13 Oct 2024 · BG2 Pod · 31:23 · source · permalink
    1. spoken

      Gurley explains Elon Musk uses time constraints like Jobs used physical constraints to force creative problem-solving.

      “And I realized what he's doing is the exact jobs would tell them the phone has to be this thick.”

      25 Feb 2026 · Lux Capital · 57:49 · source · permalink
    2. spoken

      Gurley realized Elon uses time constraints like Jobs used physical constraints to force creative problem-solving.

      “I realized what he's doing is the exact jobs would tell them the phone has to be this thick. And then their mind can only operate within that constraint. And Elon's doing that with time.”

      25 Feb 2026 · Lux Capital · 57:49 · source · permalink
    3. spoken

      Gurley describes Collison probing how Elon uses extreme time constraints to force creative problem-solving.

      “I think the world has been trying to figure out how Elon does what he does, especially from a leadership standpoint.”

      25 Feb 2026 · Lux Capital · 56:59 · source · permalink

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