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    <title>The Minutes of Bill Gurley on mentorship</title>
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      <title>Gurley advises seeking mentors two steps above you rather than shooting too high like CEOs.</title>
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      <description>“the person that&#x27;s two steps above you on the ladder has never been asked to be a mentor, and that&#x27;s probably your best place to start, and they&#x27;ll be flattered that you ask.” — Bill Gurley</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 23:32:47 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Gurley observes Silicon Valley has unusually high willingness to give advice to strangers, similar to Nashvill</title>
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      <description>“In Silicon Valley, if you walk up to somebody that you don&#x27;t know and ask them for advice, the probability that they say yes and spend time is higher than you would ever expect.” — Metis Strategy</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Gurley says Seinfeld initially didn&#x27;t know stand up comedy could be a real professional career.</title>
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      <description>“Jerry Seinfeld was was wandering around New York thinking about what his career would be, and he had an inkling that he wanted to be a stand up comedian, but he didn&#x27;t know that it was a real thing. He didn&#x27;t know that you could actually go be successful and have a career.” — Aaron Lazar: Impossible Dreams</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Gurley says Silicon Valley&#x27;s willingness to grant fifteen-minute meetings is shockingly higher than Wall Stree</title>
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      <description>“In Silicon Valley, the frequency with which you can ask someone for fifteen minutes of their time and get a yes is shockingly high.” — Afford Anything Podcast</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 19:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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