Who is on this subjectordered by the date of their first quote here
2 of 2 lanes rest on fewer than 5 quotes and are marked thin. Offsets are days from the middle first-quote date, 29 Sep 2022 — a date, and nothing else. It is not a claim about who reached a view first.
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David Friedberg
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29 Sep 2022 – 19 Mar 2026
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Bill Gurley
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13 Mar 2026 – 10 Apr 2026
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The chronologysourced and dated, oldest first
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David Friedberg
Friedberg claims every successful entrepreneur exhibits at least one of three traits: grit, bias to action, or narrative ability.
“And you cannot tell me of a successful story of entrepreneurism where the entrepreneur did not exhibit an extraordinarily high index on at least one of those three traits.”
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Bill Gurley
Gurley reports all four MrBeast collaborators gained over a million followers and made over a million dollars.
“And he claims that every one of those people ended up with over a million followers. Every one of them ended up making over $1,000,000.”
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“And even says more profoundly, if a fifth person had been on the calls, almost no matter who they were, they would have had the same success.”
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“In just unbelievable reality, all eight of those people are division one athletic directors now on top of the biggest programs in the country. Right.”
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David Friedberg
Friedberg argues realizing social and economic limitations aren't real constraints unlocks human freedom and potential.
“I don't think, so I think, like, once you kind of start to realize that whatever you're being told you can't do isn't really a limitation, then you're free.”
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David Friedberg
Friedberg asserts iteration rate predicts success more than correctness, and curiosity defines the most successful people.
“The rate at which you change things is more a predictor of success than doing the right thing. Yeah. And then I think the final thing is just curiosity.”
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Bill Gurley
Gurley quotes MrBeast saying any random person on those Skype calls would have achieved the same millionaire success.
“And he said another thing which I think really drives home the point. He said, if any random person had been on those Skype calls, they would have achieved those same things.”
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