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Bill Gurley

What Bill Gurley thinks about venture capital

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General partner at Benchmark Capital for over two decades; was the lead analyst on Amazon's IPO before moving into venture capital. Writes Above the Crowd on tech and marketplace economics.

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2 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Bill Gurley has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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  1. Our readingBurn rate is a measure of risk, and preemptive rounds push successful companies to raise it whether or not they need to.

    Their wordsLook, first of all, if a company's successful, someone will knock on your door and try and give you more money. So, like almost every round is preemptive for successful companies. And when you take that much money, $300 million, the only way to spend it is to take your burn rate up. And I always thought of burn rate as a measure of risk.

    ↗Mental Models That Change How You Think | Bill Gurleyyoutube.com 9th of 16 in this recording

  3. Our readingVenture capital bends toward the young, because the work is a hustle and later-life obligations cap how many hours anyone can give it.

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    Their wordsI think the the whole industry bends towards youth for that reason and because it's a hustle business like there there's there's always a rock you haven't looked under and you know age brings children and homes and and and other requirements you get tied to and responsibilities and you're just not able to go spend 80 hours a week studying YouTube like you just can't.

    ↗Mental Models That Change How You Think | Bill Gurleyyoutube.com 16th of 16 in this recording