https://minutesof.com/on/growth/ Everyone on the record about growth: 26 verbatim quotes from 9 people, October 2020 to August 2026, in one chronology, each with a timestamp and a link to… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:33:00 +0000 https://minutesof.com/q/76678b47-6bf5-4cc3-b031-a4a0c7b2d3b7/ https://minutesof.com/q/76678b47-6bf5-4cc3-b031-a4a0c7b2d3b7/ “But based on what the data tell us today, I expect the combined effects of trade and immigration policies and associated uncertainty to continue to weigh on growth.” — John Williams, NY Fed speeches growth https://minutesof.com/q/59635bdb-6a77-471d-bb42-d107064b762f/ https://minutesof.com/q/59635bdb-6a77-471d-bb42-d107064b762f/ “As a result, I expect real GDP growth this year to be about 1 percent.” — John Williams, NY Fed speeches growth https://minutesof.com/q/c9e6ca7e-839e-4893-a88a-169901e07ad9/ https://minutesof.com/q/c9e6ca7e-839e-4893-a88a-169901e07ad9/ “I expect real GDP growth this year will slow considerably from last year’s pace, to just over 1 percent.” — John Williams, NY Fed speeches growth https://minutesof.com/q/709d08fc-70ef-48c0-a1ab-b333709d73f3/ https://minutesof.com/q/709d08fc-70ef-48c0-a1ab-b333709d73f3/ “Real GDP grew 2 percent in 2025 and is poised to maintain that pace for the rest of this year.” — John Williams, NY Fed speeches growth https://minutesof.com/q/c99d1bc3-9b79-4e84-9d14-7aaac39bd9ae/ https://minutesof.com/q/c99d1bc3-9b79-4e84-9d14-7aaac39bd9ae/ “Looking through the downs and ups in the data, growth in the first half of the year was about 1-1/2 percent, well below last year’s 2-1/2 percent pace.” — John Williams, NY Fed speeches growth https://minutesof.com/q/a8570a5a-0741-427e-9474-eeb39b27bff9/ https://minutesof.com/q/a8570a5a-0741-427e-9474-eeb39b27bff9/ “as I talked about at at g twenty in Asheville, we're going to talk about The US growth strategy and encourage the rest of the world to come along with us.” — Scott Bessent, Forbes Breaking News Thu, 20 Aug 2026 21:40:21 +0000 growth https://minutesof.com/q/842aba7c-cee7-4b11-87ef-cb99faec4989/ https://minutesof.com/q/842aba7c-cee7-4b11-87ef-cb99faec4989/ “$50,000,000,000 of signed and announced in Q2 will benefit coming quarters. The pipeline has never been stronger” — Marc Rowan, i101 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:00:07 +0000 growth https://minutesof.com/q/65d95540-d4fb-4137-a233-cc618df80c3c/ https://minutesof.com/q/65d95540-d4fb-4137-a233-cc618df80c3c/ “I suspect there are companies that are selling, reselling tokens from Amazon or Anthropic or whoever at a price lower than they're paying for them. And which looks like growth, but it is unsustainable.” — Bill Gurley, Forbes Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:00:14 +0000 growth https://minutesof.com/q/5f3c7550-2121-4825-8582-416232c8b742/ https://minutesof.com/q/5f3c7550-2121-4825-8582-416232c8b742/ “If these guys end the year over 100,000,000,000, I think that they're on a revenue trajectory that they could three to five x again next year.” — Brad Gerstner, All-In Podcast Sat, 11 Jul 2026 16:00:19 +0000 growth https://minutesof.com/q/75c343f6-1ea3-4d3c-9e62-2a776bc99af9/ https://minutesof.com/q/75c343f6-1ea3-4d3c-9e62-2a776bc99af9/ “33% growth, accelerating growth versus consensus of 27% growth. They took up their full year guide by more than their q one beat.” — Brad Gerstner, CNBC Television Thu, 28 May 2026 17:00:15 +0000 growth https://minutesof.com/q/82588e90-fe83-47b1-a16e-aafdc15f56df/ https://minutesof.com/q/82588e90-fe83-47b1-a16e-aafdc15f56df/ “Anthropic added their combined businesses in one month. Nothing like that has ever happened in the history of capitalism.” — Gavin Baker, Invest Like the Best Wed, 20 May 2026 08:00:00 +0000 growth https://minutesof.com/q/f0131fd1-99bc-4434-b612-afe70dbd69f7/ https://minutesof.com/q/f0131fd1-99bc-4434-b612-afe70dbd69f7/ “And you've scaled 9,000 X. You've built a compounding advantage in your business. Right. As is the case with all successful capitalists, you build a compounding advantage.” — David Friedberg, All-In Podcast Tue, 12 May 2026 21:17:30 +0000 growth https://minutesof.com/q/b6d41185-c60d-4e95-a6a0-8c50e18902cb/ https://minutesof.com/q/b6d41185-c60d-4e95-a6a0-8c50e18902cb/ “And then I left Substack and it went back to like this, the email capture.” — Dylan Patel, Chris Best Substack Fri, 31 Oct 2025 18:23:40 +0000 growth https://minutesof.com/q/183e7331-dac8-497f-b275-4421d7096894/ https://minutesof.com/q/183e7331-dac8-497f-b275-4421d7096894/ “And then I added Substack and growth went like this. And then I left Substack and it went back to like this, the email capture.” — Dylan Patel, Chris Best Substack Fri, 31 Oct 2025 18:23:40 +0000 growth https://minutesof.com/q/30c79ef9-7f28-4296-855a-3caf989be32b/ https://minutesof.com/q/30c79ef9-7f28-4296-855a-3caf989be32b/ “Actually, this week we find that we hit 50 people, so having started it five years ago to now, and I've hired my first person two and a half years ago, We've now grown to 50 people just completely organically, so it's been a hell of a ride.” — Dylan Patel, Chris Best Substack Fri, 31 Oct 2025 18:23:40 +0000 growth https://minutesof.com/q/a6463d46-b84f-42f4-87a4-4d5001e24b27/ https://minutesof.com/q/a6463d46-b84f-42f4-87a4-4d5001e24b27/ “You accepted it, but you're not growing from it. Once you actually learn from that, then you have that growth and you have a progression.” — David Friedberg, NPTE Final Frontier Fri, 03 Oct 2025 11:51:33 +0000 growth https://minutesof.com/q/fc678a4f-5eda-42b1-aae4-a76a32a97f3d/ https://minutesof.com/q/fc678a4f-5eda-42b1-aae4-a76a32a97f3d/ “Microsoft, which is on $66,000,000,000 run rate at Azure, has said they expect q one and q two Azure revenue to accelerate. Think about that, Bill. Azure is growing at 34% on a $66,000,000,000 base,” — Brad Gerstner, BG2 Pod Thu, 21 Nov 2024 19:09:14 +0000 growth https://minutesof.com/q/3887a1e4-2f29-477a-aa05-ed82e40e3026/ https://minutesof.com/q/3887a1e4-2f29-477a-aa05-ed82e40e3026/ “So, you know, from probably a 100 or so in 1990, I think now we're up to 300,000 subscribers and hopefully they pass it around.” — Howard Marks, David Perell Wed, 21 Feb 2024 13:20:30 +0000 growth https://minutesof.com/q/df0aecb4-c8f1-4d99-bfa7-c55e980ce0ca/ https://minutesof.com/q/df0aecb4-c8f1-4d99-bfa7-c55e980ce0ca/ “Satya, the CEO of Microsoft, who I saw last week, said to me that Copilot is the fastest growing product in the history of Microsoft.” — Brad Gerstner, FII Institute Thu, 26 Oct 2023 02:01:13 +0000 growth https://minutesof.com/q/7aad7e30-de81-4b7d-b560-3edc415c6fd9/ https://minutesof.com/q/7aad7e30-de81-4b7d-b560-3edc415c6fd9/ “Four years ago, we were 20,000,000,000 of new sales, then 30,000,000,000, then 47,000,000,000. This year, we'll do north of $60,000,000,000 of new sales, and it continues to be.” — Marc Rowan, Barron's Thu, 11 May 2023 15:16:29 +0000 growth https://minutesof.com/q/37064d25-fe93-451a-9e1e-ae46e302d09a/ https://minutesof.com/q/37064d25-fe93-451a-9e1e-ae46e302d09a/ “So in 2008, we started with a $16,000,000 equity investment. We ended the year at 330,000,000,000 and have become the largest provider of retirement products in The US.” — Marc Rowan, Barron's Thu, 11 May 2023 15:16:29 +0000 growth https://minutesof.com/q/b64d3992-42a4-4253-a384-cda0fc68249e/ https://minutesof.com/q/b64d3992-42a4-4253-a384-cda0fc68249e/ “Our entire industry was 40,000,000,000 of AUM. Every one of the companies plus minus in 2008. We ended the year at 550,000,000,000.” — Marc Rowan, CNBC Television Mon, 01 May 2023 15:24:57 +0000 growth https://minutesof.com/q/d3e14afe-07e1-458d-bf35-8952afe1d4cd/ https://minutesof.com/q/d3e14afe-07e1-458d-bf35-8952afe1d4cd/ “So we've increased energy production by about 20 fold in the last hundred years on earth. I think in the next hundred years, we can and should increase energy production by over a 100 fold.” — David Friedberg, Dr Brian Keating Thu, 09 Feb 2023 18:00:09 +0000 growth https://minutesof.com/q/f9abb8ea-e00d-4e88-a82f-d29f36f3085c/ https://minutesof.com/q/f9abb8ea-e00d-4e88-a82f-d29f36f3085c/ “And what started out as a $16,000,000 equity investment has now morphed into 270,000,000,000 of AUM and the largest retirement services company in” — Marc Rowan, David Rubenstein Wed, 20 Apr 2022 11:09:09 +0000 growth https://minutesof.com/q/d4116cc3-3cf5-4bab-b8c8-e208ff849148/ https://minutesof.com/q/d4116cc3-3cf5-4bab-b8c8-e208ff849148/ “I think the company went from 0 to 70,000,000 in revenue in less than eighteen months.” — Bill Gurley, Invest Like the Best Tue, 07 Dec 2021 09:00:00 +0000 growth https://minutesof.com/q/0921d69d-1510-4317-a6f7-1afd8a7e5b45/ https://minutesof.com/q/0921d69d-1510-4317-a6f7-1afd8a7e5b45/ “No growth investor would listen to that and think that there's anything unusual about a company growing well over a 100% in the most strategic location of all of software.” — Brad Gerstner, Invest Like the Best Tue, 27 Oct 2020 09:30:00 +0000 growth