The Minutes of Bill Gurley on leadership https://minutesof.com/bill-gurley/on/leadership/ Everything Bill Gurley has said on leadership: 5 verbatim quotes between August 2011 and July 2026, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording it… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:22:01 +0000 Gurley argues founders are constantly selling to investors, employees, customers, and in deals. https://minutesof.com/q/bb21d6dd-5932-4a68-99bd-48ebf6f3a9cf/ https://minutesof.com/q/bb21d6dd-5932-4a68-99bd-48ebf6f3a9cf/ “if you're a founder, you're selling to new investors, you're selling to employees, you own the company culture and the perception of the company, you're striking deals, you're selling to customers, you're just out selling all” — Bill Gurley Wed, 15 Jul 2026 16:30:41 +0000 leadership Gurley expresses high confidence in Dara's track record addressing Uber's problems. https://minutesof.com/q/3abd7a1e-95c3-4305-9ee5-4a8d7e5e9edf/ https://minutesof.com/q/3abd7a1e-95c3-4305-9ee5-4a8d7e5e9edf/ “the DAR is starting to build up a track record of having put out these fires and and attack these problems.” — Bloomberg Tech Thu, 15 Feb 2018 00:05:18 +0000 leadership Gurley notes Stitch Fix has over 80% female employees, over 60% female management and board. https://minutesof.com/q/d331401e-c32c-4bed-bcff-28d0851f6a35/ https://minutesof.com/q/d331401e-c32c-4bed-bcff-28d0851f6a35/ “Stitch Fix, people may not know this. Over 80% of the employees are female. Over 60% of the management team's female. Over 60% of the board is female.” — Bloomberg Television Fri, 17 Nov 2017 19:47:21 +0000 leadership Gurley argues most great leaders delegate because no one can be expert in everything at scale. https://minutesof.com/q/599621c3-1f8d-4c04-9cc8-9743043ab56c/ https://minutesof.com/q/599621c3-1f8d-4c04-9cc8-9743043ab56c/ “I think there are very few great leaders. If you were to just take a picture of a whole bunch of great leaders, most of them are good at delegation, getting other people to make decisions because organizations are so large, and no one has the capacity to be an expert in so many things.” — Bloomberg Originals Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:33:21 +0000 leadership Gurley says Jobs's CEO execution level is unprecedented, crediting Cook's operational contributions. https://minutesof.com/q/039bc3b4-52d3-4f87-a9ea-1657e9718319/ https://minutesof.com/q/039bc3b4-52d3-4f87-a9ea-1657e9718319/ “I don't know if whoever sees CEO execution of this level. Of course, it's not just the CEO execution. You got what Tim Cook's done in operation.” — Bloomberg Originals Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:33:21 +0000 leadership