Hello, boys and girls, ladies and germs. This is Tim Ferriss. Welcome to another episode of the Tim Ferriss show,

where is my job to deconstruct world-class performers. I interviewed them to tease out the habits,

routines, frameworks, et cetera, that you can apply to your own lives. My guest today is Bill Gurley.

He is a general partner at Benchmark, a leading venture capital firm in Silicon Valley. But his

venture career, his career overall spans a lot. He is invested in and served on the boards of such

companies as Next Door, Open Table, Stitch Fix, Uber, and Zillow. He earned his Bachelor of Science

degree in computer science from the University of Florida and that is MBA from the

University of Texas at Austin. He's had lots of other careers, but we discussed that in our

first episode. We're going to cover a lot more on this one. For more than two decades, Bill has

written about technology and other subjects on his popular blog above the crowd and on his social

media accounts. His new book is

Running Down a Dream, How to Thrive in a Career you actually love. And we detail exactly what he

means by that, including some incredible stories and takeaways that you can apply. You can find

him on X at X.com slash B-G-G-U-R-L-E-Y.

And without further ado, please enjoy a very wide-ranging conversation with none other than Bill Gurley.

At this altitude, I can run flat out for a half mile before my hands start shaking.

Can I answer your personal question?

Now I would have see an appropriate time.

What if I did the opposite?

I'm a cybernetic organism, living tissue over metal endosclerone.

The Tim Ferriss Show.

Bill, great to see you, man.

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