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Bill Gurley on

mrbeast

10 entries, 26 Feb 2026 to 8 Jul 2026

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    1. spoken

      “he says, seventeen hours a day on Skype together for four years. And so what's going on there? Well, they're co learning what it takes to be successful on YouTube.”

      26 Feb 2026 · On with Kara Swisher · 22:51 · source · permalink
    2. spoken

      Gurley describes how Mr. Beast's learning group of four all became millionaires with over a million followers.

      “he says all four of them ended up with over a million followers, all four of them ended up millionaires.”

      26 Feb 2026 · On with Kara Swisher · 23:03 · source · permalink
    3. spoken

      Gurley reports Mr. Beast says all four members of his learning group became millionaires with million-plus followers.

      “And he says all four of them ended up with over a million followers, all four of them ended up millionaires.”

      26 Feb 2026 · On with Kara Swisher · 23:02 · source · permalink
    4. spoken

      Gurley describes MrBeast spending sixteen hours a day for four years on Skype calls with peers learning YouTube together.

      “And they ended up, he says on Skype calls for over sixteen hours a day for four years. And they learn together.”

      13 Mar 2026 · Afford Anything Podcast · 51:39 · source · permalink
    5. spoken

      Gurley quotes MrBeast saying collaborative learning group achieved forty thousand hours through shared knowledge.

      “He said, you know how they talk about ten thousand hours referring to the Malcolm Gladwell book? He says, we got forty thousand hours because we were sharing it all.”

      14 Mar 2026 · Chris Williamson · 53:22 · source · permalink
    6. spoken

      Gurley describes MrBeast and three peers doing sixteen-hour daily Skype calls for four years, all becoming millionaires.

      “he says, sixteen hours a day for four years. And they were sharing what they were learning. And they didn't view themselves as competitors. They all ended up with over a million followers.”

      10 Apr 2026 · Metis Strategy · 29:39 · source · permalink
    7. spoken

      Gurley recounts MrBeast and three peers Skyped sixteen hours daily for four years, all became millionaires with million-plus followers.

      “And they were doing a Skype call together for, he says, sixteen hours a day for four years. And they were sharing what they were learning.”

      10 Apr 2026 · Metis Strategy · 29:35 · source · permalink
    8. spoken

      Gurley describes how MrBeast at 17 formed a peer group of four who spent 16 hours daily together learning YouTube.

      “And he was trying to figure out how to be better at the game of YouTube, and he met three other people that were on that same journey.”

      8 Jul 2026 · Jackson Square Ventures Book Club · 32:46 · source · permalink
    9. spoken

      Gurley recounts how MrBeast and three peers spent sixteen hours daily on Skype for four years learning YouTube together.

      “And they claim, this is probably an overstatement, but they claimed they were on Skype together sixteen hours a day for four years.”

      8 Jul 2026 · Jackson Square Ventures Book Club · 32:55 · source · permalink
    10. spoken

      Gurley says MrBeast claimed to spend sixteen hours daily on Skype with peers for four years.

      “he met three other people that were on that same journey. And they claim, this is probably an overstatement, but they claimed they were on Skype together sixteen hours a day for four years.”

      8 Jul 2026 · Jackson Square Ventures Book Club · 32:51 · source · permalink

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