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Bill Gurley

3 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Aug 3, 2023 by Steve Fambro · said 14 times in 3 episodes since 2023 · across every show →

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brought up most by Nirav Tolia (6), Guy Raz (4), Steve Fambro (3), Bill Simmons (1)

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Aug 3, 2023 neutral
Assertion Contradicted
Fambro: Bill Gurley advised 2008 startups to "cut to the bone"
“I remember he had a single slide on a PowerPoint with a, sort of a piece of ham where all the ham was gone and a knife. You know, on a bone saying cut to the bone. That was his advice to all of the startups at the time.”
Steve Fambro Aug 3, 2023 ▶ 16:28 Powering cars with solar energy with Steve Fambro of Aptera Motors
Sep 15, 2025 negative
Assertion Contradicted
Tolia: NYC had zero billion-dollar consumer internet companies in the mid-2000s
“How many billion dollar Consumer internet companies are there in New York? And at the time the answer was zero.”
Nirav Tolia Sep 15, 2025 ▶ 22:34 Nirav Tolia: Nextdoor. How neighborhood chatter went global
Sep 15, 2025 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bill Gurley blocked Fanbase's shutdown by handing Nirav Tolia Kipling's 'If'
“And he slides over a piece of paper and says, read this. And I look at it, and it's a poem. Actually, one of my favorite poems. He probably didn't know that, but it's If by Rudyard Kipling. And it was a very powerful way for him to say, I don't think you can g…”
Nirav Tolia Sep 15, 2025 ▶ 30:11 Nirav Tolia: Nextdoor. How neighborhood chatter went global
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