The Minutes of Bill Gurley on product design https://minutesof.com/bill-gurley/on/product-design/ Everything Bill Gurley has said on product design: 4 verbatim quotes between August 2011 and August 2026, each with a timestamp and a link to the… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:22:01 +0000 Gurley describes Matt Cohler's concept of remote control for your life with Uber as one-click ride example https://minutesof.com/q/4cb0be7b-8493-46f0-b365-c3be9a0bdc6c/ https://minutesof.com/q/4cb0be7b-8493-46f0-b365-c3be9a0bdc6c/ “And my my partner, Matt Cola, used to call this the remote control for your life. And we would talk about Uber as a one click ride.” — Qualia Wed, 01 May 2024 17:09:06 +0000 product design Gurley argues simpler heuristics go viral faster than complex ones, favoring Discord over Meta's approach. https://minutesof.com/q/81ed8d25-0334-4f44-ad66-05719e0e9135/ https://minutesof.com/q/81ed8d25-0334-4f44-ad66-05719e0e9135/ “Personally, I've always found that simpler heuristics go viral faster than complex ones. And so when I equate what's happening in a Discord or a Twitter space with what's trying to be achieved by Meta.” — Invest Like the Best Tue, 07 Dec 2021 09:00:00 +0000 product design Gurley recounts learning Jobs personally decided which icons appear on the iPhone home screen. https://minutesof.com/q/1a8b4973-fbdb-4571-905b-87704a042543/ https://minutesof.com/q/1a8b4973-fbdb-4571-905b-87704a042543/ “Because we've got some great companies, Zillow, OpenTable, and I love to talk to him about getting something on there. And he just starts laughing.” — Bloomberg Originals Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:33:21 +0000 product design Gurley cites Jobs' decision to exclude Flash from iPad as example of gutsy feature removal. https://minutesof.com/q/08db96fb-dfea-4a75-844c-c9a3bbd370a2/ https://minutesof.com/q/08db96fb-dfea-4a75-844c-c9a3bbd370a2/ “The decision not to put flash in the iPad. Right. Here's a fundamental reason for that, but that's a gutsy bet.” — Bloomberg Originals Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:33:21 +0000 product design