success: everyone on the record — The Minutes https://minutesof.com/on/success/ Everyone on the record about success: 7 verbatim quotes from 2 people, September 2022 to April 2026, in one chronology, each with a timestamp and a link… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:33:16 +0000 Bill Gurley: Gurley quotes MrBeast saying any random person on those Skype calls would have achieved the same https://minutesof.com/q/f12a8554-5023-451e-890c-a293d9968744/ https://minutesof.com/q/f12a8554-5023-451e-890c-a293d9968744/ “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.” — Bill Gurley, Metis Strategy Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000 success David Friedberg: Friedberg asserts iteration rate predicts success more than correctness, and curiosity define https://minutesof.com/q/c8c5b533-c442-45da-a6a3-9d551ce253e7/ https://minutesof.com/q/c8c5b533-c442-45da-a6a3-9d551ce253e7/ “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.” — David Friedberg, Jill & Jenna Thu, 19 Mar 2026 09:00:12 +0000 success David Friedberg: Friedberg argues realizing social and economic limitations aren't real constraints unlocks hu https://minutesof.com/q/34bed14b-ff87-4f2a-8a78-1a26bbb28038/ https://minutesof.com/q/34bed14b-ff87-4f2a-8a78-1a26bbb28038/ “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.” — David Friedberg, Jill & Jenna Thu, 19 Mar 2026 09:00:12 +0000 success Bill Gurley: In just unbelievable reality, all eight of those people are division one athletic directors now o https://minutesof.com/q/fb036818-7b26-4488-b767-3eaf1f0ff71b/ https://minutesof.com/q/fb036818-7b26-4488-b767-3eaf1f0ff71b/ “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.” — Bill Gurley, Afford Anything Podcast Fri, 13 Mar 2026 19:00:04 +0000 success Bill Gurley: And even says more profoundly, if a fifth person had been on the calls, almost no matter who they https://minutesof.com/q/346e9cca-bb20-4ff9-a739-b3aa97c58df3/ https://minutesof.com/q/346e9cca-bb20-4ff9-a739-b3aa97c58df3/ “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.” — Bill Gurley, Afford Anything Podcast Fri, 13 Mar 2026 19:00:04 +0000 success Bill Gurley: Gurley reports all four MrBeast collaborators gained over a million followers and made over a mil https://minutesof.com/q/afaf3ab7-e689-48ae-9ff7-1658e10374a3/ https://minutesof.com/q/afaf3ab7-e689-48ae-9ff7-1658e10374a3/ “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.” — Bill Gurley, Afford Anything Podcast Fri, 13 Mar 2026 19:00:04 +0000 success David Friedberg: Friedberg claims every successful entrepreneur exhibits at least one of three traits: grit, b https://minutesof.com/q/7491f320-0779-4120-85da-e5b7d2aaaa4a/ https://minutesof.com/q/7491f320-0779-4120-85da-e5b7d2aaaa4a/ “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.” — David Friedberg, The Julia La Roche Show Thu, 29 Sep 2022 15:21:04 +0000 success