The Minutes of Bill Gurley on seattle https://minutesof.com/bill-gurley/on/seattle/ Everything Bill Gurley has said on seattle: 2 verbatim quotes from April 2013, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording it came from. en Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:09:50 +0000 Gurley notes Seattle's four pillars—Microsoft, Amazon, Costco, and Starbucks—were all venture backed. https://minutesof.com/q/83f171a4-10cf-46d6-909d-5d3cc98491a9/ https://minutesof.com/q/83f171a4-10cf-46d6-909d-5d3cc98491a9/ “the four pillars of Seattle, Microsoft, Amazon, Costco, and Starbucks, they were all venture backed. And so you have So Costco and Starbucks took venture capital.” — TechCrunch Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:27:35 +0000 seattle Gurley notes Seattle's four pillar companies Microsoft, Amazon, Costco, and Starbucks were all venture backed. https://minutesof.com/q/7471feb2-aa80-4113-a5d5-476f54fe2968/ https://minutesof.com/q/7471feb2-aa80-4113-a5d5-476f54fe2968/ “the four pillars of Seattle, Microsoft, Amazon, Costco, and Starbucks, they were all venture backed.” — TechCrunch Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:27:35 +0000 seattle