The Minutes of Bill Gurley on monetization https://minutesof.com/bill-gurley/on/monetization/ Everything Bill Gurley has said on monetization: 2 verbatim quotes between July 2019 and October 2024, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:22:04 +0000 Gurley speculates LinkedIn's InMail monetization prevented it from capturing powerful conversations like Twitt https://minutesof.com/q/d174e826-4488-424d-83f4-92deb9631905/ https://minutesof.com/q/d174e826-4488-424d-83f4-92deb9631905/ “I've wondered over the years if LinkedIn hadn't polluted their InMail and made it monetize and they had done what Twitter did, how much of the most powerful conversations in the world would” — Tim Ferriss Thu, 20 Jul 2023 20:37:52 +0000 monetization Gurley advises waiting until 10 million users before monetizing advertising-based products to preserve growth. https://minutesof.com/q/d0c9e906-226e-4de3-b184-02d36d06af59/ https://minutesof.com/q/d0c9e906-226e-4de3-b184-02d36d06af59/ “If you're in an advertising oriented world, you should not try and monetize until you're north of 10,000,000 users.” — Invest Like the Best Tue, 02 Jul 2019 09:30:00 +0000 monetization