Bill Gurley on

marketing

2 quotes · Apr 2013 – Mar 2026

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  1. Gurley argues running Google ads is the least creative, most ignorant way to acquire customers.

    “I've always felt that if you're starting a business, the easiest way you could possibly get a customer, the first way the most ignorant person would assume to go get a customer would be to run a Google ad.”

    1:04:45 · Young and Profiting · 23 Feb 2026 · permalink
  2. Gurley calls the lifetime value model a house of cards and an excuse.

    “I think this whole LTV model is a real house of cards. It's just an excuse to say.”

    8:16 · TechCrunch · 29 Apr 2013 · permalink

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