Bill Gurley
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Thanks for having me on.
You know, as I reached the end of what was definitely my dream job, I loved being a venture capitalist, but I reached a point where I decided it was time to hang up my boots and it was time for me to move on and leave the field for younger people to succeed.
I felt a calling to write this book and it was something that I had stumbled upon like eight years ago, an idea that had popped into my head.
I used to write a lot of blog posts and when I would get an idea, I would scratch it down and sometimes it would become a post.
A lot of times it just was living in a document
And this one was an idea that came to me.
And I had read these three biographies and noticed that these three people had all done similar things.
And I wrote down the notes.
I then got invited to give a speech at the University of Texas here in Austin.
And I put it together and gave that speech.
And then a number of people saw that speech, probably most notably James Clear.
And
people then started pushing me, you know, one day you should make that a book.
And as I reached the end of my career, you know, and I, I, people had talked to me about writing a book before you're right.
I could have written about investing.
I could have written about tech.
I could have written about venture capital.
I could have written about Uber.
And, um, this was just, just felt more personal to me.