Bill Gurley on

scaling

3 quotes · Dec 2012 – Dec 2024

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  1. Gurley says marketplace success requires doing unscalable things early, which frustrates most business school-trained entrepreneurs.

    “And if you took 90% of the entrepreneurs that have been to business school and understand scaling, it drives them nuts.”

    10:14 · listen · Invest Like the Best · 2 Jul 2019 · permalink
  2. Gurley argues that while starting is cheap, scaling a company requires both capital and expertise.

    “And what I think has come out of it is that you may be able to start a company for nothing but if you want to scale a company you will need capital and you'll need expertise to scale it to the next level.”

    1:03 · GigaOm · 11 Dec 2012 · permalink
  3. Gurley argues scaling requires capital and expertise even if starting a company is cheap.

    “I think has come out of it is that you may be able to start a company for nothing but if you want to scale a company you will need capital and you'll need expertise to scale it to the next level. Not every single player, Benioff who got it up without venture”

    1:04 · GigaOm · 11 Dec 2012 · permalink

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