Gurley says he encourages founders to have executives develop five external peers and meet quarterly, but gets pushback.
“And I've been very unable to make that programmatic or make that successful and people find it foreign.”
Gurley recommends executives develop five peers in similar companies for quarterly knowledge sharing.
“I've often gone to my founders or CEOs and I say, you should tell every one of your direct reports to develop five peers in nearby companies, not direct competitors, things that look similar, and have them meet with them four times a year and then bring back and report up.”
Gurley recounts MrBeast saying anyone on their sixteen-hour-a-day Skype calls would have succeeded on YouTube.
“He said, if any random person had been on those Skype calls, they would have achieved those same things.”
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.”
Gurley quotes MrBeast reframing Gladwell's ten thousand hours as forty thousand when multiplied across four peer learners.
“MrBeast borrowed the Malcolm Gladwell ten thousand hours and said we got forty thousand hours because we had four of us. That's pretty profound way to say it, right? And so it all gets better.”
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.”
Gurley describes how MrBeast and three peers Skyped sixteen hours daily for four years, all becoming millionaires with million-plus followers.
“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.”
Gurley quotes MrBeast saying any random person on those Skype calls would have achieved the same millionaire success.
“And he said another thing which I think really drives home the point. He said, if any random person had been on those Skype calls, they would have achieved those same things.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
Gurley recounts MrBeast and peers claiming sixteen-hour daily Skype calls for four years learning YouTube together.
“they claim, this is probably an overstatement, but they claimed they were on Skype together sixteen hours a day for four years. And they shared everything they learned together.”