The Minutes of Bill Gurley on epicenter https://minutesof.com/bill-gurley/on/epicenter/ Everything Bill Gurley has said on epicenter: 7 verbatim quotes between February 2026 and July 2026, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording it… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:22:01 +0000 Gurley advises moving to your industry's epicenter because it amplifies learning, mentorship, peers, and optio https://minutesof.com/q/127fe817-7bd6-43b7-9244-353ee5fdfd2d/ https://minutesof.com/q/127fe817-7bd6-43b7-9244-353ee5fdfd2d/ “If your industry has an epicenter, and we're sitting in an epicenter, but like if like, and you are confident this is your fascination lane, you should go.” — Jackson Square Ventures Book Club Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:30:51 +0000 epicenter Gurley argues moving to an industry's epicenter amplifies all career advantages including learning, mentors, a https://minutesof.com/q/6c7a995c-b40d-4049-aaa9-61085bab94e2/ https://minutesof.com/q/6c7a995c-b40d-4049-aaa9-61085bab94e2/ “Because all the other principles in the book get better. So I talk about continuous learning, I talk about finding mentors, I talk about finding peers.” — Jackson Square Ventures Book Club Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:30:51 +0000 epicenter Gurley says being at the industry epicenter amplifies all career principles because continuous learning, mento https://minutesof.com/q/9845fc2f-de1e-4517-a77b-0e9e713b5bb2/ https://minutesof.com/q/9845fc2f-de1e-4517-a77b-0e9e713b5bb2/ “all the other principles in the book get better. So I talk about continuous learning, I talk about finding mentors, I talk about finding peers. Like, all those things in the epicenter happen continuously.” — Jackson Square Ventures Book Club Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:30:51 +0000 epicenter Gurley observes Silicon Valley has unusually high willingness to give advice to strangers, similar to Nashvill https://minutesof.com/q/1ef87871-f845-4846-8d8f-9749f2769ed9/ https://minutesof.com/q/1ef87871-f845-4846-8d8f-9749f2769ed9/ “In Silicon Valley, if you walk up to somebody that you don't know and ask them for advice, the probability that they say yes and spend time is higher than you would ever expect.” — Metis Strategy Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000 epicenter I could have, I think, fooled myself. And I went through this mental model when I was thinking about it and sa https://minutesof.com/q/22f69ce9-b41f-4583-8588-2a0deceaa0f6/ https://minutesof.com/q/22f69ce9-b41f-4583-8588-2a0deceaa0f6/ “I could have, I think, fooled myself. And I went through this mental model when I was thinking about it and said, oh, I'll be the best venture capitalist in a the sixth VC city.” — Afford Anything Podcast Fri, 13 Mar 2026 19:00:04 +0000 epicenter Gurley describes Fidel reading a Rolling Stone article about Apple stars at General Magic. https://minutesof.com/q/7d4fc412-745c-4a83-a9f6-705687534200/ https://minutesof.com/q/7d4fc412-745c-4a83-a9f6-705687534200/ “He read a Rolling Stone magazine article, which I just sent it. I found the copy on eBay and sent it to him that mentioned the, the stars of Apple.” — Lux Capital Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:19:27 +0000 epicenter Gurley describes Fidel stalking General Magic for six months after reading Rolling Stone, passing up Apple off https://minutesof.com/q/d8b5c536-ad1f-4efe-8ef1-b4a77f9e0443/ https://minutesof.com/q/d8b5c536-ad1f-4efe-8ef1-b4a77f9e0443/ “These were the individuals of Apple and they had all left to go to a company, General Magic. He didn't know what they did.” — Lux Capital Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:19:27 +0000 epicenter