The Minutes of Bill Gurley on scaling https://minutesof.com/bill-gurley/on/scaling/ Everything Bill Gurley has said on scaling: 3 verbatim quotes between December 2012 and December 2024, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:22:03 +0000 Gurley says marketplace success requires doing unscalable things early, which frustrates most business school- https://minutesof.com/q/07becb42-0cc5-4f1f-8a17-9e9b93b04269/ https://minutesof.com/q/07becb42-0cc5-4f1f-8a17-9e9b93b04269/ “And if you took 90% of the entrepreneurs that have been to business school and understand scaling, it drives them nuts.” — Invest Like the Best Tue, 02 Jul 2019 09:30:00 +0000 scaling Gurley argues that while starting is cheap, scaling a company requires both capital and expertise. https://minutesof.com/q/c7010802-6090-473f-ba44-eca7f2f1e71a/ https://minutesof.com/q/c7010802-6090-473f-ba44-eca7f2f1e71a/ “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.” — GigaOm Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:49:11 +0000 scaling Gurley argues scaling requires capital and expertise even if starting a company is cheap. https://minutesof.com/q/6646e3b5-8838-46c7-bdfd-1edf67786248/ https://minutesof.com/q/6646e3b5-8838-46c7-bdfd-1edf67786248/ “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” — GigaOm Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:49:11 +0000 scaling