criticism: everyone on the record — The Minutes https://minutesof.com/on/criticism/ Everyone on the record about criticism: 7 verbatim quotes from 3 people, July 2019 to August 2026, in one chronology, each with a timestamp and a link to… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:32:54 +0000 Paul Atkins: Atkins lists specific SEC requirements that perpetuate paper-first thinking, including font size https://minutesof.com/q/f8a7341a-8eba-48a6-b34c-e0688e1fcdb8/ https://minutesof.com/q/f8a7341a-8eba-48a6-b34c-e0688e1fcdb8/ “Other paper-as-the-standard disclosure rules talk about font size, relative prominence, and disclosures appearing on the same page.” — Paul Atkins, SEC speeches and statements criticism Paul Atkins: Atkins criticizes the SEC for requiring firms to design disclosures for paper first, even under t https://minutesof.com/q/a30e8109-cdcd-4234-9323-4ea6b9a52e33/ https://minutesof.com/q/a30e8109-cdcd-4234-9323-4ea6b9a52e33/ “The SEC still assumes and sometimes requires that firms, in the first instance, will design disclosures for viewing on paper (whether it is paper that firms mail or, now with Reg E-Delivery, paper that customers can print from home printers).” — Paul Atkins, SEC speeches and statements criticism Paul Atkins: Atkins accuses the SEC of undermining capital formation through regulation by enforcement and dis https://minutesof.com/q/f904787f-5bf5-446e-8b1c-71c74153fe56/ https://minutesof.com/q/f904787f-5bf5-446e-8b1c-71c74153fe56/ “In fact, in the past, it actively undermined capital formation with regard to this asset class in the form of regulation by enforcement and disingenuous offers to “come in and register.”” — Paul Atkins, SEC speeches and statements criticism JD Vance: Vance criticizes Maine's Mills administration for incompetence enabling fraud after months of attemp https://minutesof.com/q/95fab9b0-a6f7-4dc5-adb0-c12cda7ddd53/ https://minutesof.com/q/95fab9b0-a6f7-4dc5-adb0-c12cda7ddd53/ “I hate to say it that after a few months of working with these guys, I don't have a great amount of confidence that they're gonna lean into this anti fraud effort.” — JD Vance, Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 23:45:09 +0000 criticism Bill Gurley: Gurley criticizes Dario for being both top cheerleader and doomer while raising billions and cash https://minutesof.com/q/435fa68a-bc00-41d2-8593-07086bc9a2e3/ https://minutesof.com/q/435fa68a-bc00-41d2-8593-07086bc9a2e3/ “Dario, the guy leading a company that's raising billions of dollars and cashing out billions in secondary to his employees is simultaneously the top cheerleader and the top doomer.” — Bill Gurley, Bill Gurley Fri, 15 May 2026 23:32:47 +0000 criticism Bill Gurley: Gurley says Silicon Valley rushes to price-to-revenue multiples because it's the crudest, least i https://minutesof.com/q/cd3e5ff6-4c65-4083-a0a4-eb3c90fc95d4/ https://minutesof.com/q/cd3e5ff6-4c65-4083-a0a4-eb3c90fc95d4/ “I've always said that Silicon Valley has the crudest kind of least intelligent view of valuation. They always rush to price to revenue because it's easy and because quite frankly, it's easier to be optimistic.” — Bill Gurley, BG2 Pod Thu, 08 Feb 2024 19:35:00 +0000 criticism Bill Gurley: Gurley criticizes Silicon Valley's crude valuation approach, where entrepreneurs expect 10x reven https://minutesof.com/q/1bf09541-d7e4-4d2c-8bb6-66e0072f0170/ https://minutesof.com/q/1bf09541-d7e4-4d2c-8bb6-66e0072f0170/ “I've always felt Silicon Valley has a very crude understanding of valuation. Most entrepreneurs think they all deserve 10 times revenue and also with zero regard for what the revenue is.” — Bill Gurley, Invest Like the Best Tue, 02 Jul 2019 09:30:00 +0000 criticism