Gurley argues Google lacks the internal culture to partner in win-win ways due to their cage-match business model.
“In addition to everything I brought up, because their core business model is to throw their customers in a cage match, they don't they don't have the culture internally to partner in a friendly win win way.”
Gurley explains Benchmark created an equal partnership structure where all partners earn the same and have equal decision-making power.
“The benchmark guys had lived within those frameworks decided to do something crazy, which was to create an equal partnership where everyone makes the exact same amount of money and everyone has the exact same power within the organization for decision making and there's no leader.”