Articles about Bill Gurley

Venture capitalist Bill Gurley returns to Zillow Group board

Bill’s back. Zillow Group announced Tuesday that it added famed Silicon Valley venture capitalist Bill Gurley to its board. Gurley… Read More

Bill Gurley reunites with Zillow’s Spencer Rascoff to talk ‘insane curiosity’ and finding good leaders

Bill Gurley, the Benchmark venture capitalist who served for 10 years on the board of directors at Zillow Group, reunited… Read More

VC Bill Gurley warns unicorns of ‘dirty’ fundraising terms; Rich Barton hopes for more IPOs

Top Silicon Valley venture capitalist Bill Gurley published a massive 5,700-word post Wednesday evening that’s the talk of the tech… Read More

Venture capitalist Bill Gurley announces departure from Zillow board

Venture capitalist Bill Gurley, who has served on the board of Seattle-based online real estate juggernaut Zillow Group for 10… Read More

As tech stocks take a dive, prominent investor Bill Gurley warns this could be ‘an inflection point’

It’s been a tough week to be a technology investor, as virtually every giant across the industry has taken a hit.… Read More

Bill Gurley says tech industry will see ‘dead unicorns’ this year

Benchmark Capital investor Bill Gurley once again sounded the alarm about what he sees as the potential doom looming in… Read More

How Uber’s Travis Kalanick is like Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, according to investor Bill Gurley

Uber has been making headlines for challenging city officials in Portland, musing about investigating the private lives of journalists, and poaching executives from rival companies.… Read More

These charts show exactly what’s wrong with Seattle’s startup scene, and what’s right

OK, folks, let’s just stop with the Silicon Valley comparisons. Seattle is not Silicon Valley, nor do we care to be.… Read More

No bubble: Why these longtime entrepreneurs say today’s tech climate is not like 1999

Respected venture capitalist Bill Gurley sparked quite the reaction earlier this month after his comments noting how the current tech boom is… Read More

Venture capitalist Bill Gurley: Tech sector is overheating, and the boom could end

All good things must come to an end. And Benchmark’s Bill Gurley — one of the most successful venture capitalists… Read More

Uber investor Bill Gurley explains why surge pricing model is good for everyone

If you miss going to your Economics 101 class every other morning at college, well, Bill Gurley is here to… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: The future of shopping, startups, venture capital, video games and more

This week on the GeekWire radio show, we revisit last month’s GeekWire Summit technology conference, with highlights from four of… Read More

Rich Barton and Bill Gurley Unplugged: The full GeekWire Summit session

I had a blast interviewing Zillow co-founder Rich Barton and Benchmark’s Bill Gurley on stage at the GeekWire Summit last… Read More

Rich Barton and Bill Gurley agree: Jeff Bezos is the most respected CEO by people in Silicon Valley

For every successful company out there, there is a plethora of highly-talented CEOs running great companies. But there is one… Read More

Top venture capitalist Bill Gurley of Benchmark added to the GeekWire Summit lineup

We’re extremely excited to announce today that Silicon Valley venture capitalist Bill Gurley will be joining us as a keynote… Read More

Silicon Valley VC Bill Gurley: NYC needs more ‘iconic’ tech companies like Seattle

I’ve been writing a lot in recent months about the technology communities in Seattle and New York City, pinpointing the… Read More