How to Hustle Like VC Legend Bill Gurley | The Circuit with Emily Chang

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

July 21, 2023

Duration

24m

Channel

Bloomberg Originals

Watch on YouTube

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

On this week’s episode of The Circuit, Emily Chang travels to Austin, Texas, to sit down with Benchmark General Partner Bill Gurley and discuss his journey from computer engineer to Wall Street and Silicon Valley. Gurley reflects on the level of hustle needed to make it as a venture capitalist investing in tech startups. Over some classic Texas barbecue, Chang and Gurley discuss whether the Bay Area will continue to be the center of gravity for entrepreneurs and the tech industry. -------- Like this video? Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/Bloomberg?sub_confirmation=1 Become a Quicktake Member for exclusive perks: http://www.youtube.com/bloomberg/join Bloomberg Originals offers bold takes for curious minds on today’s biggest topics. Hosted by experts covering stories you haven’t seen and viewpoints you haven’t heard, you’ll discover cinematic, data-led shows that investigate the intersection of business and culture. Exploring every angle of climate change, technology, finance, sports and beyond, Bloomberg Originals is business as you’ve never seen it. Subscribe for business news, but not as you've known it: exclusive interviews, fascinating profiles, data-driven analysis, and the latest in tech innovation from around the world. Visit our partner channel Bloomberg Quicktake for global news and insight in an instant.

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Emily Chang

  host

  Bloomberg journalist and host of "The Circuit with Emily Chang."

• Bill Gurley

  guest

  Venture capitalist and general partner at Benchmark, known for early investments including Uber.

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Bloomberg Originals, featuring Emily Chang and Bill Gurley, How to Hustle Like VC Legend Bill Gurley | The Circuit with Emily Chang explores Bill Gurley on VC cycles, governance, and relentless hustle Bill Gurley explains why venture capital repeatedly swings from exuberant risk-taking to abrupt pullbacks, arguing that long fund durations and low barriers to entry intensify the cycle.

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