Bill Gurley
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
He's watching a PBS special that says, take out a sheet of paper, draw a line down it, put the stuff you love to do on the left side and the stuff you're good at on the right and see if you can find a through line.
And he's looking at this sheet of paper and realizes he wants to start a spirit company.
He's got like chemistry on the right.
He's like hanging out at bars on the left.
And he didn't know jack shit about launching a spirit company.
And it turns out Texas is probably the worst place you'd ever, at the time, there was no one that had a license for a spirit company in Texas.
But, of course, Tito's is now the most best-selling spirit in North America.
He owns 100% of it himself.
Yes.
Credit card.
Yeah, 19 credit cards.
But it's such a great story.
Like, it's just such a great story.
And now, you know, he's at the phase in his life where he's giving back and launching foundations.
And this is my point.
Like, I had a young person at John Hopkins raise their hand and say, but I don't want to chase my passion.
I want to be purpose-driven.
And I thought to myself, you know, every profile in the book, these people are touching more lives than they could have ever imagined.
I don't want to chase my passion.
I think it's part of a new movement to just, like, feel good about yourself.