https://minutesof.com/on/leadership/ Everyone on the record about leadership: 28 verbatim quotes from 7 people, August 2011 to July 2026, in one chronology, each with a timestamp and a link… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:33:03 +0000 https://minutesof.com/q/b2fa27dd-600a-4c05-903d-e81df525a23c/ https://minutesof.com/q/b2fa27dd-600a-4c05-903d-e81df525a23c/ “Right? If if you're not gonna understand these systems if your managers haven't taken the time to understand the different architectures.” — Dylan Patel, RAISE Summit Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:43:49 +0000 leadership https://minutesof.com/q/bb21d6dd-5932-4a68-99bd-48ebf6f3a9cf/ https://minutesof.com/q/bb21d6dd-5932-4a68-99bd-48ebf6f3a9cf/ “if you're a founder, you're selling to new investors, you're selling to employees, you own the company culture and the perception of the company, you're striking deals, you're selling to customers, you're just out selling all” — Bill Gurley, Bill Gurley Wed, 15 Jul 2026 16:30:41 +0000 leadership https://minutesof.com/q/1b279f95-2661-444d-b88c-037818116aba/ https://minutesof.com/q/1b279f95-2661-444d-b88c-037818116aba/ “And I realized what he's doing is the exact jobs would tell them the phone has to be this thick.” — Bill Gurley, Lux Capital Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:19:27 +0000 leadership https://minutesof.com/q/a2409465-2c94-4b6a-8dbf-b96b4305f230/ https://minutesof.com/q/a2409465-2c94-4b6a-8dbf-b96b4305f230/ “I think the world has been trying to figure out how Elon does what he does, especially from a leadership standpoint.” — Bill Gurley, Lux Capital Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:19:27 +0000 leadership https://minutesof.com/q/72c6c269-0725-46e1-b2c8-4d7da83393ba/ https://minutesof.com/q/72c6c269-0725-46e1-b2c8-4d7da83393ba/ “But thinking through the second and third order effects of what would happen to kids if you kept them out of school for six months, what would happen to the economy if you shut down businesses.” — David Friedberg, All-In Podcast Tue, 13 Jan 2026 03:27:21 +0000 leadership https://minutesof.com/q/98103fd1-9ba4-4fee-96f3-aefb0f5bdea2/ https://minutesof.com/q/98103fd1-9ba4-4fee-96f3-aefb0f5bdea2/ “I view this company as my I I have ownership in this. I don't actually have ownership in this, but my mentality is I do have ownership in this.” — David Friedberg, NPTE Final Frontier Thu, 02 Oct 2025 02:28:47 +0000 leadership https://minutesof.com/q/4ea001aa-719a-431a-b36b-8d30a4cd3f10/ https://minutesof.com/q/4ea001aa-719a-431a-b36b-8d30a4cd3f10/ “They've got cofounders who are extremely technical, whereas OpenAI, right, you know, they they they don't have necessarily like, Sam's not super technical. You know, the obvious Greg Greg is a cofounder, he's super technical.” — Dylan Patel, David Ondrej Thu, 18 Sep 2025 16:14:25 +0000 leadership https://minutesof.com/q/6ca4abee-f327-4985-b513-07a15f790039/ https://minutesof.com/q/6ca4abee-f327-4985-b513-07a15f790039/ “Yeah. And that's what it feels like to me, you know, being able to step back into an operating role as CEO again” — David Friedberg, The Modern Acre Thu, 11 Sep 2025 16:54:41 +0000 leadership https://minutesof.com/q/f3f4cc03-6626-43fc-8417-67d7f80d6aa6/ https://minutesof.com/q/f3f4cc03-6626-43fc-8417-67d7f80d6aa6/ “it feels like when you're on the board, every day you're waiting for shit to happen. But if you're the CEO, every day you get to wake up and make shit happen.” — David Friedberg, The Modern Acre Thu, 11 Sep 2025 16:54:41 +0000 leadership https://minutesof.com/q/49d14dab-4196-4af8-91e4-17b405929430/ https://minutesof.com/q/49d14dab-4196-4af8-91e4-17b405929430/ “I gather she's really quite a forceful and tough personality, and I think she has the makings of a head of service and will do credit to the fact that she's the first woman to lead British intelligence.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, One Decision Sun, 22 Jun 2025 14:00:33 +0000 leadership https://minutesof.com/q/5bbede59-e4fe-45d8-a318-75fdeefe6323/ https://minutesof.com/q/5bbede59-e4fe-45d8-a318-75fdeefe6323/ “What's striking about her is that she's really quite young for the appointment, and I hope that's an indicator of the level of her ability as the strongest candidate.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, One Decision Sun, 22 Jun 2025 14:00:33 +0000 leadership https://minutesof.com/q/deeca46b-c861-43b5-921f-19e786ffc075/ https://minutesof.com/q/deeca46b-c861-43b5-921f-19e786ffc075/ “when you're on the board, every day you're waiting for shit to happen. But if you're the CEO, every day you get to wake up and make shit happen.” — David Friedberg, The Modern Acre Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:55:12 +0000 leadership https://minutesof.com/q/733b037d-7e6e-4179-ba40-4f9d3da28869/ https://minutesof.com/q/733b037d-7e6e-4179-ba40-4f9d3da28869/ “Number two, if the CEO's direct staff is 60 people, the number of layers you've removed in a company is probably something like seven,” — Jensen Huang, Stripe Tue, 21 May 2024 19:46:22 +0000 leadership https://minutesof.com/q/44c3db9a-21ce-4b48-9e86-3227e45d35bb/ https://minutesof.com/q/44c3db9a-21ce-4b48-9e86-3227e45d35bb/ “And those big thinking, those big ideas, those big audacious concepts, as a framing for the team, really, I think personified what I consider to be true leadership in an organization of people,” — David Friedberg, How I Invest Podcast Tue, 09 Jan 2024 04:38:21 +0000 leadership https://minutesof.com/q/30bb7061-1c3a-4014-a989-3fb974f67a2e/ https://minutesof.com/q/30bb7061-1c3a-4014-a989-3fb974f67a2e/ “Think about it. People want to come here. We have an incredible knowledge base. We have abundant energy. We're leaders in technology. We have a massive domestic market. We're the strongest military power.” — Marc Rowan, Bloomberg Podcasts Tue, 05 Dec 2023 19:05:29 +0000 leadership https://minutesof.com/q/fb859f34-f99b-4bd2-80bf-f07f3308d170/ https://minutesof.com/q/fb859f34-f99b-4bd2-80bf-f07f3308d170/ “I think the worst thing that can happen to these universities is apathy. Right now there's not apathy. Donors are engaged. They want change.” — Marc Rowan, Bloomberg Podcasts Tue, 05 Dec 2023 19:05:29 +0000 leadership https://minutesof.com/q/2c54a1f1-8850-4878-958a-65756acbb4bb/ https://minutesof.com/q/2c54a1f1-8850-4878-958a-65756acbb4bb/ “This is not president McGill didn't create this problem. The question is, is she the right person to manage this problem?” — Marc Rowan, CNBC Television Thu, 12 Oct 2023 15:01:20 +0000 leadership https://minutesof.com/q/c3692e47-d5e8-4d87-ae0f-e35ea0b4f922/ https://minutesof.com/q/c3692e47-d5e8-4d87-ae0f-e35ea0b4f922/ “In the background, there are three trustees and one chairman in my instance who are being asked to step off the board, all of whom signed this open letter, disagreeing with what the university is doing, and all four of us Jewish.” — Marc Rowan, CNBC Television Thu, 12 Oct 2023 15:01:20 +0000 leadership https://minutesof.com/q/90b95884-af48-46b4-9d4c-ab223a8a32b3/ https://minutesof.com/q/90b95884-af48-46b4-9d4c-ab223a8a32b3/ “You know, imagine telling a group of firefighters a week after nine eleven that you're sorry for their loss, and then adding the word but as if you're going to explain the action of the terrorist.” — Marc Rowan, CNBC Television Thu, 12 Oct 2023 15:01:20 +0000 leadership https://minutesof.com/q/55f61ec0-6f28-428a-8d63-b1211788dc24/ https://minutesof.com/q/55f61ec0-6f28-428a-8d63-b1211788dc24/ “leadership, as Sax points out, needs to and has to be willing and able to lead, which means being contrarian and being inspiring.” — David Friedberg, Megyn Kelly Mon, 17 Oct 2022 21:00:09 +0000 leadership https://minutesof.com/q/bd5a5a57-1a06-4baa-adc9-ab90219e0f53/ https://minutesof.com/q/bd5a5a57-1a06-4baa-adc9-ab90219e0f53/ “Because of the fast feedback cycles that we talked about earlier, and that a point of view, kind of the mob coalesces around the point of view, you end up electing the person who represents the mob, which means that ultimately over time in a democracy, in the social media age, is you don't end up electing leadership.” — David Friedberg, Megyn Kelly Mon, 17 Oct 2022 21:00:09 +0000 leadership https://minutesof.com/q/01ea9ac3-245c-43fe-a171-fce410c84f0d/ https://minutesof.com/q/01ea9ac3-245c-43fe-a171-fce410c84f0d/ “Yeah, so those are my three traits that I think are the greatest predictors of entrepreneurial success.” — David Friedberg, The Julia La Roche Show Thu, 29 Sep 2022 15:21:04 +0000 leadership https://minutesof.com/q/27d61920-3e9b-40d4-9ec3-e9d70be3bc60/ https://minutesof.com/q/27d61920-3e9b-40d4-9ec3-e9d70be3bc60/ “He said, good leaders create followers, great leaders create more leaders. That is what I see looking at all of you.” — Marc Rowan, The LionTree Podcast Tue, 01 Dec 2020 19:23:32 +0000 leadership https://minutesof.com/q/f1ab87c6-45cf-4cb1-8503-e6ff15fd83c6/ https://minutesof.com/q/f1ab87c6-45cf-4cb1-8503-e6ff15fd83c6/ “I think that there should be a separate team, kind of a czar for the 2.0 response, which should be focused on how do we create a new system that gets us out of lockdown but doesn't re trigger the exponentiality of the virus.” — David Sacks, All-In Podcast Sat, 11 Apr 2020 01:54:35 +0000 leadership https://minutesof.com/q/3abd7a1e-95c3-4305-9ee5-4a8d7e5e9edf/ https://minutesof.com/q/3abd7a1e-95c3-4305-9ee5-4a8d7e5e9edf/ “the DAR is starting to build up a track record of having put out these fires and and attack these problems.” — Bill Gurley, Bloomberg Tech Thu, 15 Feb 2018 00:05:18 +0000 leadership https://minutesof.com/q/d331401e-c32c-4bed-bcff-28d0851f6a35/ https://minutesof.com/q/d331401e-c32c-4bed-bcff-28d0851f6a35/ “Stitch Fix, people may not know this. Over 80% of the employees are female. Over 60% of the management team's female. Over 60% of the board is female.” — Bill Gurley, Bloomberg Television Fri, 17 Nov 2017 19:47:21 +0000 leadership https://minutesof.com/q/039bc3b4-52d3-4f87-a9ea-1657e9718319/ https://minutesof.com/q/039bc3b4-52d3-4f87-a9ea-1657e9718319/ “I don't know if whoever sees CEO execution of this level. Of course, it's not just the CEO execution. You got what Tim Cook's done in operation.” — Bill Gurley, Bloomberg Originals Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:33:21 +0000 leadership https://minutesof.com/q/599621c3-1f8d-4c04-9cc8-9743043ab56c/ https://minutesof.com/q/599621c3-1f8d-4c04-9cc8-9743043ab56c/ “I think there are very few great leaders. If you were to just take a picture of a whole bunch of great leaders, most of them are good at delegation, getting other people to make decisions because organizations are so large, and no one has the capacity to be an expert in so many things.” — Bill Gurley, Bloomberg Originals Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:33:21 +0000 leadership