The Minutes of Bill Gurley on late stage https://minutesof.com/bill-gurley/on/late-stage/ Everything Bill Gurley has said on late stage: 5 verbatim quotes between April 2013 and January 2025, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording it… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:22:01 +0000 Gurley says late-stage VCs force-feed companies fifty to hundred million despite no capital need, like foie gr https://minutesof.com/q/6dca7dbe-2528-438c-ab6c-fb62c699362a/ https://minutesof.com/q/6dca7dbe-2528-438c-ab6c-fb62c699362a/ “They just wanna cram money in. I I I thought about it. I I learned how they force feed geese to make for gras.” — McCombs School of Business Fri, 24 Jan 2025 00:57:51 +0000 late stage Gurley says successful companies now routinely pressured to raise $500M or more, fundamentally changing ventur https://minutesof.com/q/ca64b827-0916-439e-8df3-f698daf3e82a/ https://minutesof.com/q/ca64b827-0916-439e-8df3-f698daf3e82a/ “I think you're gonna, until this change, I think you're gonna have very few companies that are considered to be doing well that aren't asked by the industry to raise $500,000,000 or more.” — BG2 Pod Wed, 25 Sep 2024 16:21:38 +0000 late stage Gurley cites Sequoia's investments in Elon's companies at $50-100B range as departure from historic venture mo https://minutesof.com/q/57816d6e-5e9c-4f01-86fd-5f59baecc10f/ https://minutesof.com/q/57816d6e-5e9c-4f01-86fd-5f59baecc10f/ “I look at someone posted the just the investments Sequoia has made in Elon's companies, and they were rounds that were in the, you know, $506,100,000,000 dollar range, and there were three or four of them. And once again, just not not the historic venture capital model.” — BG2 Pod Mon, 10 Jun 2024 13:40:00 +0000 late stage Gurley says the late stage private market is the frothiest he has seen since the late 1990s. https://minutesof.com/q/e68fdfc9-4bf3-47d2-8f48-2f310315d004/ https://minutesof.com/q/e68fdfc9-4bf3-47d2-8f48-2f310315d004/ “the late stage private market continues to be the most frothy thing I've seen since the late '90s.” — TechCrunch Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:27:35 +0000 late stage Gurley says capital available to late stage private companies is unbelievable with behavior reminiscent of the https://minutesof.com/q/98d0d61f-6d31-4861-8d21-ad450161b7ae/ https://minutesof.com/q/98d0d61f-6d31-4861-8d21-ad450161b7ae/ “the amount of dollars available to successful late stage private companies is unbelievable. And the behavior that you'll see for the competition in those dollars is very reminiscent of the late 90s.” — TechCrunch Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:27:35 +0000 late stage