Gurley argues Silicon Valley offers daily networking events that accelerate learning and connections.
“if you're a young energetic person at Silicon Valley, you can schedule something every night where you might meet something or learn something.”
Gurley claims learning and finding mentors is 10 to 100 times easier in industry epicenters.
“But the thing is many of the principles that I have in the book from constant learning to peers and mentors are just 10 to a 100 times easier if you're right in the middle of it with everybody else.”
Gurley argues that being in an industry epicenter dramatically increases probability of lucky career events.
“In the epicenter, your probability of lucky events goes way up. Way up. And so, if you can do it, do it. There's this belief we all have that competition makes it too hard.”
Gurley argues going to an industry epicenter accelerates learning, networking and optionality through increased chance meetings.
“And so the ability to learn, the ability to network. I know I know that you're a big fan of the word optionality, which I love.”
Gurley argues moving to industry epicenters makes learning, mentoring, and finding peers dramatically easier.
“I would shorten it for this and say, all of the all of the previous principles we talked about get easier in the epicenter. Learning's easier. Mentoring's easier. Peers are easier.”
Gurley advises moving to your industry's epicenter because it amplifies learning, mentorship, peers, and optionality.
“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.”