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In his book "Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors", Michael Porter provides an overview of various analytical techniques that can be used to understand and compete within an industry. Bill Gurley, a venture capitalist and board trustee at the Santa Fe Institute, believes that the book is still relevant and useful today because it provides a concise and comprehensive overview of essential concepts.

In this excerpt, Bill Gurley of Benchmark Capital discusses the importance of correctly identifying outliers in the venture capital business. He talks about a particular deal that went south, and how it changed the way he and his firm approached future deals. Gurley emphasizes the need for investors to be aware of the limitations of their investment strategies and to always be learning in order to stay ahead of the curve.

In the early 2000s, Bill Gurley of Benchmark Capital was one of the first investors to recognize the massive competitive advantage that Dell had due to its return on invested capital (ROIC). Thanks to Gurley's insight, Dell's stock went from trading at six times earnings to 100 times earnings in just a few years. Gurley talks about how network effects can lead to "outlier outcomes" in business, and how this was the case with OpenTable. He also talks about how, when he met with the founder of OpenTable, they bet that if they could get enough restaurants on the platform, consumers would come. Gurley's most successful "hack" came when he was invited to attend Stewart Alsop's Agenda conference, where he was able to network with some of the most successful people in the world. In the 1990s, Bill Gurley attended a tech conference where he bought a Palm Pilot that contained the contact information for all of the attendees. He used this to spam the most influential people in the tech industry with his weekly newsletter, which helped him develop relationships and a reputation in the

In a recent interview, venture capitalist Bill Gurley spoke about the importance of early stage investing and taking a contrarian approach to deal-making. He explained that the key to success is not the size of the check you write, but rather the percentage of ownership you end up with. Gurley also talked about the importance of network effects and bet sizing in venture capitalism.

In a conversation with Tim Ferriss, Bill Gurley advises would-be investors to read and learn from both successful and unsuccessful startups in order to get a well-rounded view of the tech industry. He specifically recommends the book "Startup" by Kaplan and the documentary "General Magic" as good resources for learning about different aspects of startups. In his two books, "The Rational Optimist" and "How Innovation Works", Matt Ridley argues that the vast majority of wealth creation and increases in standard of living come from commerce and ideas. He believes that open source can be a powerful tool for solving many problems. Bill Gurley believes that open source is better at solving complex problems than simple problems, and that it is the complex problems that are most difficult for a single company to solve. He cites Linux as an example of a successful open source project, and believes that open source could be applied to other areas as well.

1. The Facebook Open Compute Foundation is working to create open standards for data center equipment. 2. Kubernetes is an open source container orchestration tool that is managed by the Linux Foundation. 3. Bill Gurley is an investor who believes that open source technology is good for the world. 4. RISC-V is an open source processor that is gaining momentum. 5. Bill Gurley thinks that autonomous vehicles should be open source. 6. Bill Gurley has an idea for a 'page rank for people' system on LinkedIn. 7. Bill Gurley and Tim Ferriss discuss the current state of the tech industry. 8. Bill Gurley explains that the current economy is at risk for a dotcom-style crash.

In this conversation, Tim Ferriss and Bill Gurley discuss the current state of affairs in the business world, with a focus on valuations. Gurley highlights Facebook as an example of a successful company that is trading at a very low multiple of its earnings. He points out that many companies are losing money when they go public, and that Wall Street is encouraging this behavior. Ferriss and Gurley agree that this cycle is unsustainable and that something needs to change.

In a conversation with Tim Ferriss, Bill Gurley discussed the importance of revenue and earnings quality. He defined quality as factors such as margins, which show how much profit a company is making on each sale. Gurley said that Facebook's VR efforts are not going well because the company has not been able to generate enough revenue or profit from VR headsets. Gurley argues that companies like Amazon are successful because they are willing to experiment and take risks in a way that most other companies are not.

In a recent podcast, Bill Gurley talked about how Amazon runs internal experiments differently than other big companies. He said that at Amazon, they don't give up on an experiment after one failed test - they keep going until the last person with good judgment gives up. This allows them to get more shots on goal than other companies.

In "Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World", David Epstein argues that people who are able to draw from a variety of disciplines and fields are more likely to be successful than those who focus narrowly on one area. Bill Gurley, an investor and entrepreneur, finds this idea fascinating and believes it has been borne out by history. The Santa Fe Institute is a renowned research center that attracts some of the brightest minds from a variety of disciplines. Bill Gurley, a prominent investor, has been involved with the institute for many years and has gleaned a great deal of knowledge from his involvement. Bill Gurley believes that people should be less tribal in their thinking in order to make more thoughtful decisions. He cites gerrymandering as an example of how tribalism can lead to bad outcomes. Twitter incentivizes polarization by rewarding users for engagement, and this is something that Bill Gurley has noticed. He posts more on Twitter now because it is easier and faster than writing a blog post. As for why he would give a presentation on cultivating anti-tribalism, he believes that people need to be aware of their confirmation bias and loss aversion. He would also highlight that our government is far from perfect and that there are organizations working to promote centrist candidates.

In this conversation, James Clear and Tim Ferriss discuss the idea that who you are and the decisions you make are downstream of the information you consume. Bill Gurley chimed in to agree, and added that in the venture capital world, Eric Newcomer's Substack is a must-read. The two also discussed Twitter's potential to create long-form, podcast, and video containers that would make it easier for users to consume and organize information.

It is necessary to take care of oneself in order to be able to take care of others.

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