The Minutes of Bill Gurley on layoffs https://minutesof.com/bill-gurley/on/layoffs/ Everything Bill Gurley has said on layoffs: 2 verbatim quotes between December 2012 and March 2020, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording it… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:22:11 +0000 Gurley advises against small layoffs of five or ten percent because they cause cultural pain without meaningfu https://minutesof.com/q/bd9e4749-3a17-485d-aa30-7ac85f06bff3/ https://minutesof.com/q/bd9e4749-3a17-485d-aa30-7ac85f06bff3/ “One piece of advice though is never do a five or 10% layoff because it doesn't create any meaningful gain, yet you go through all the excruciating cultural pain.” — Invest Like the Best Fri, 13 Mar 2020 09:30:00 +0000 layoffs Gurley argues ten percent layoffs are too small to meaningfully reduce burn rate. https://minutesof.com/q/45840ac3-86d9-496c-bb59-46805001b3aa/ https://minutesof.com/q/45840ac3-86d9-496c-bb59-46805001b3aa/ “I read about someone doing a 10% layoff and you should never do 10 because it's not consequential enough to really affect your burn rate.” — GigaOm Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:03:42 +0000 layoffs