metaverse: everyone on the record — The Minutes https://minutesof.com/on/metaverse/ Everyone on the record about metaverse: 5 verbatim quotes from 2 people, November 2019 to December 2021, in one chronology, each with a timestamp and a… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:33:05 +0000 Bill Gurley: Gurley would bet on a 500 million user communication platform adding avatars over a perfect avata https://minutesof.com/q/7521fcd3-90e3-4e74-9e69-15a5796b5ca9/ https://minutesof.com/q/7521fcd3-90e3-4e74-9e69-15a5796b5ca9/ “if I had to place a bet on whether someone that had 500,000,000 users on a digital place platform where people are communicating and that they might add avatars or some digital thing that makes it more immersive versus someone that built the perfect digital three d avatar immersive system but doesn't have the users yet?” — Bill Gurley, Invest Like the Best Tue, 07 Dec 2021 09:00:00 +0000 metaverse Bill Gurley: Gurley argues simpler heuristics go viral faster than complex ones, favoring Discord over Meta's https://minutesof.com/q/81ed8d25-0334-4f44-ad66-05719e0e9135/ https://minutesof.com/q/81ed8d25-0334-4f44-ad66-05719e0e9135/ “Personally, I've always found that simpler heuristics go viral faster than complex ones. And so when I equate what's happening in a Discord or a Twitter space with what's trying to be achieved by Meta.” — Bill Gurley, Invest Like the Best Tue, 07 Dec 2021 09:00:00 +0000 metaverse Bill Gurley: Gurley is skeptical of avatar-based work meetings, having done eight such board meetings pre-Zoom https://minutesof.com/q/81de191d-efc0-41b3-86e1-5142ed60f783/ https://minutesof.com/q/81de191d-efc0-41b3-86e1-5142ed60f783/ “And we've done them. Philip and I have done eight of those board meetings with avatars, and that was pre Zoom.” — Bill Gurley, Invest Like the Best Tue, 07 Dec 2021 09:00:00 +0000 metaverse Gavin Baker: Baker predicts a majority of people will spend most waking hours in the metaverse within his life https://minutesof.com/q/106ff05b-2489-4b06-a4dc-772798ab474a/ https://minutesof.com/q/106ff05b-2489-4b06-a4dc-772798ab474a/ “The metaverse is simply a series of connected virtual worlds that I firmly believe a majority of people will spend a majority of their waking hours in within my lifetime.” — Gavin Baker, Invest Like the Best Thu, 02 Apr 2020 09:30:00 +0000 metaverse Gavin Baker: Baker predicts most people will spend most waking hours in virtual worlds within current lifetime https://minutesof.com/q/fcaf1655-8cfc-4eaa-b25c-44d11dec4058/ https://minutesof.com/q/fcaf1655-8cfc-4eaa-b25c-44d11dec4058/ “I think it is inevitable that a majority of people will spend a majority of their waking hours in virtual worlds within our lifetimes.” — Gavin Baker, Invest Like the Best Tue, 26 Nov 2019 10:30:00 +0000 metaverse