#840: Bill Gurley — Investing in The AI Era, 10 Days in China, and Important Life Lessons from Bob Dylan, Jerry Seinfeld, MrBeast, and More

Hello, boys and girls, ladies and germs.

This is Tim Ferriss.

Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it's my job to deconstruct world-class performers.

I interview 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 Nextdoor, OpenTable, Stitch Fix, Uber, and Zillow.

He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Florida, and then his 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 Runnin' 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/bgurley, G-U-R-L-E-Y.

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