Bill Gurley on

peer learning

6 quotes · Feb 2026 – Mar 2026

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  1. 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.”

    51:39 · Afford Anything Podcast · 13 Mar 2026 · permalink
  2. Gurley reports all four MrBeast collaborators gained over a million followers and made over a million dollars.

    “And he claims that every one of those people ended up with over a million followers. Every one of them ended up making over $1,000,000.”

    52:20 · Afford Anything Podcast · 13 Mar 2026 · permalink
  3. Afford Anything Podcast

    “And even says more profoundly, if a fifth person had been on the calls, almost no matter who they were, they would have had the same success.”

    52:28 · Afford Anything Podcast · 13 Mar 2026 · permalink
  4. Afford Anything Podcast

    “In just unbelievable reality, all eight of those people are division one athletic directors now on top of the biggest programs in the country. Right.”

    55:51 · Afford Anything Podcast · 13 Mar 2026 · permalink
  5. On with Kara Swisher

    “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.”

    22:51 · On with Kara Swisher · 26 Feb 2026 · permalink
  6. 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.”

    23:03 · On with Kara Swisher · 26 Feb 2026 · permalink

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