The Minutes of Bill Gurley on pattern recognition https://minutesof.com/bill-gurley/on/pattern-recognition/ Everything Bill Gurley has said on pattern recognition: 3 verbatim quotes between April 2024 and April 2026, each with a timestamp and a link to the… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:22:04 +0000 Gurley argues venture capital patterns decay, citing how Intuit bias caused VCs to miss Shopify. https://minutesof.com/q/a74e745b-28ef-42d2-a857-39d19efeab74/ https://minutesof.com/q/a74e745b-28ef-42d2-a857-39d19efeab74/ “I think the patterns have a half life and they decay. Or I saw Toby from Shopify was talking about the VCs passing on them.” — Invest Like the Best Tue, 23 Apr 2024 08:00:00 +0000 pattern recognition Gurley admits pattern recognition decays; anti-small-business bias from Intuit caused VCs to miss HubSpot, Sho https://minutesof.com/q/3b7ece32-d7eb-4e7f-8905-be1a012ec459/ https://minutesof.com/q/3b7ece32-d7eb-4e7f-8905-be1a012ec459/ “And so you develop this anti small business mindset, which keeps you out of HubSpot and Shopify and Twilio.” — Invest Like the Best Tue, 23 Apr 2024 08:00:00 +0000 pattern recognition Gurley admits pattern recognition led VCs to miss HubSpot, Shopify, and Twilio due to anti-small-business bias https://minutesof.com/q/d497c52b-1752-4e58-8b3a-1c22a6659054/ https://minutesof.com/q/d497c52b-1752-4e58-8b3a-1c22a6659054/ “And so you develop this anti small business mindset, which keeps you out of HubSpot and Shopify and Twilio. Then miss massive amounts.” — Invest Like the Best Tue, 23 Apr 2024 08:00:00 +0000 pattern recognition